Start Me Up Chords

by The Rolling Stones
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author motoclangers [tm] 49,679. Last edit on Mar 21, 2018
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C
F
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Eb
D

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ROLLING STONES   START ME UP       1981
 
 
[INTRO]
 C F    C F   C F  G Bb
 C F   C F    C F   G    Bb  Eb  Bb  C
 
 
[VERSE 1]
C       F       C   F      C        F       Bb
If you start me up, If you start me up I'll never stop
        C     F  C   F       C     F         Bb
you can start me up, you can start me up I'll never stop
     C     F  C   F    C   F                    Bb
I've been running hot, You got me just about to blow my top
    C   F        C   F             Bb
You can start me up, you can start me up, I'll never stop, never stop, never stop
 
 
[CHORUS]
C                F        C                F    Eb Bb  C
You make a grown man cry, You make a grown man cry
C                F   Eb   Bb  C  C      F       C    C
You make a grown man cry,        Spread out the oil, the gasoline
       C                      F      C
I walk smooth ride in a mean, mean machine
 
 
[LINK]
C  F   C  F     C   F     Bb
 
 
[VERSE 2]
C       F        C   F           Bb
you can start me up, Kick on the starter, give it all you've got (you got, you got)
  C     F        C    F                 Bb
I can't compete, With the riders in the other heats
   C   F        C   F                  Bb
If you rough it up, If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up, Slide it up, slide it up
 
 
[CHORUS]
C                 F         C                  F   Eb  Bb   C
Don't make a grown man cry, Don't make a grown man cry
C                      F   Eb  Bb    C       F       C  F    C  F    Eb  Bb
Don't make a grown man cry,          My eyes dilate, my lips go green
C                    C             F        C
My hands are greasy, she's a mean, mean machine
 
 
[MUSIC BREAK]
 
 C F    C F   C F  G Bb         C F   C F  C F  G  Bb  Eb  Bb  C
 
 
[BRIDGE]
C     F     C   F          C   F          Bb
Start me up,Ah, you've got to, you've got to, Never, never, never stop
C        F    C   F     C  F   Bb
Start it up,  Ah, start it up, never, never, never
 
 
[CHORUS]
C                 F       C                F       Eb  Bb  C
You make a grown man cry ,You make a grown man cry
C                F       Eb  Bb  C          F        C
You make a grown man cry         Ride like the wind, at double speed
C                                       F     C
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen
 
 
[VERSE 3]
C      F        C   F    C   F           Bb
It you start it up, Love the day when we will never stop  Never stop, never, never, never stop
C       F   C     F   C  F    Bb
Tough me up Never stop, never stop
 
 
[CHORUS]
C                          F
You, you, you make a grown man cry
C F    C  F    C     F    Bb D  C
You, you make a dead man come,
C F     C   F        C    F   Bb
You, you, you make a dead man come
 
 
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3 comments
Marsden
Well Done!
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motoclangers
The song changes at the end,its an old tab of mine,which has been popular,if you are not happy,there are 4 other versions which may be better for you,or alternatively you could have a go at creating your own :-)
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billy the bean
A lot of work. Great!
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