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Intro: x2
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean,
Mean machine          start it up
If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got,
you got,  you got
I can't compete   with the riders
In the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up,
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
Don't make a grown man cry
Don't make a grown man cry
Don't make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She's a mean, mean machine
Start it up
If start me up
Ahh... give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up,   ahh  baby just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind   at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never,
Never seen
If you start it up
Love the day when we will never stop,
Never stop, never, never, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop
You,  you,   you make a grown man cry
You,     you make a dead man come
You   you   you make a dead man come
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Start Me Up

by Rolling Stones

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Intro: x2

If you start me up

If you start me up I'll never stop

If you start me up

If you start me up I'll never stop

I've been running hot

You got me ticking gonna blow my top

If you start me up

If you start me up I'll never stop

Never stop, never stop, never stop

You make a grown man cry

Spread out the oil, the gasoline

I walk smooth, ride in a mean,

Mean machine start it up

If you start it up

Kick on the starter give it all you got,

you got, you got

I can't compete with the riders

In the other heats

If you rough it up

If you like it you can slide it up,

Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up

Don't make a grown man cry

My eyes dilate, my lips go green

My hands are greasy

She's a mean, mean machine

Start it up

If start me up

Ahh... give it all you got

You got to never, never, never stop

Slide it up, ahh baby just slide it up

Slide it up, slide it up, never, never

You make a grown man cry

Ride like the wind at double speed

I'll take you places that you've never,

Never seen

If you start it up

Love the day when we will never stop,

Never stop, never, never, never stop

Tough me up

Never stop, never stop

You, you, you make a grown man cry

You, you make a dead man come

You you you make a dead man come

Bridge:

Ending:

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