Start Me Up Chords

by The Rolling Stones
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Capo: 3rd fret
Author gwar4ulz [a] 382.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 25, 2016
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Chords

D
G
A

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Start me up
 
    D - G    D - G
 
[Verse 1]
 
                D                                                   G
   If you start me up, if you start me up, I'll never stop.
                D                                                   G
    If you start me up, if you start me up, I'll never stop.
                    D                                                           G
    I've been running hot, you got me rifting, gonna blow my top,
                D                                                  G
    if you start me up, if you start me up, I'll never stop.
 
A                                         D    - A                                         D
    You make a grown man cry,        you make a grown man cry,
A                                         D
    you make a grown man cry!
A
    Spread out the oil, the gasoline,
                                                                       D       G
    I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
       D                                                    G
   Start it up, kick on the starter give it all you got,
        D                                                     G
    I can't compete with the riders in the other seats.
                D                                                G
    If you rough it up, if you like it you can slide it up, slide it up
A                                           D    - A                                        D
    Don’t make a grown man cry,      don’t make a grown man cry,
A                                           D
    don’t make a grown man cry !
A
    My eyes dilate, my lips go green,
                                                                                     - G
    my hands are greasy, she's a mean, mean machine.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
       D                          G
   Start me up, give it all you got !
       D                                  G
    Start it up, never, never slide it up !
A                                         D    - A                                       D
    You make a grown man cry,       you make a grown man cry,
A                                         D
    you make a grown man cry !
A
    Ride like the wind at double speed,
                                                                            D      - G
    I'll take you places that you've never, never seen.
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
       D                                                       G
   Start it up, love the day when we will never stop !
       D                   G
    Tough me up, never stop !
      D                                                   G
    You, you, you make a grown man cry !
      D                                          G
    You, you make a dead man cum !
       D                                                 G
    You, you, you make a dead man cum ….
 
(orig. = capo 3rd)    (The Rolling Stones)
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12 comments
burpo
Viper08, what's your problem? The poster put in "orig. = capo 3rd" so the third chord is just fine. Thanks to the poster for his efforts.
+8
fcortese
nope just missing the riff power chords plz plzp plz plz why do i have 2 type 15 words wtf . w w w w w w w w w f dfz fz dawd aw
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rayp1111
Like a lot of Stones songs, Keith Richards uses Open "G" tuning on his guitar. See the guitar pro tabs for the proper playing of this song
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