{title: Start me up}
{artist: Rolling Stones}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 123}
{key: F}
{duration: 3:33}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [Bb]
[C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [Bb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
If you [C]start me [F]up, [C] [F]if you [C]start me [F]up I'll [Bb]never stop
You can [C]start me [F]up, [C] [F]you can [C]start me [F]up I'll [Bb]never stop
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
I've been [C]running [F]hot, [C] you [F]got me [C]ticking [F]going to [Bb]blow my top
If you [C]start me [F]up, [C] [F]if you [C]start me [C]up I'll [Bb]never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[C] You make a grown man [F]cry
[C] You make a grown man [F]cry
[C] You make a grown man [F]cry
[C] Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean ma[F]chine, [Bb]start it up
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
If you [C]start it [F]up, [C] kick [F]on the [C]starter [F]give it [Bb]all you got, you got, you got
I [C]can't com[F]pete [C] [F]with the [C]riders [F]in the [Bb]other heats
If you [C]rough it [F]up, [C] [F]if you [C]like it [F]you can [Bb]slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[C] Don't make a grown man [F]cry
[C] Don't make a grown man [F]cry
[C] Don't make a grown man [F]cry
[C] My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy, she's a mean, mean ma[F]chine [Bb]start it up
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[C]Start me [F]up [C] [F]ahh... [Bb] you got to, you got to never, never, never stop
[C]Slide it [F]up, [C] [F]aah, [C]baby [F]just [Bb]slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[C] You make a grown man [F]cry
[C] You make a grown man [F]cry
[C] You make a grown man [F]cry
[C] Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never [F]seen [Bb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
If you [C]start it [F]up, [C] [F]love the [C]day when [F]we will [Bb]never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
[C]Tough me [F]up, [C] [F] [C] [F] [Bb]never stop, never stop
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{start_of_part: Outtro}
[C]You, [F] [C]you, [F] [C] [F] you make a [C]grown [F]man [Bb]cry
[C]You, [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] you make a [C]dead [F]man [Bb]come
[C]You, [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] you make a [C]dead [F]man [Bb]come
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{start_of_part: Solo}
[C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [Bb]
[C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [Bb]
[C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [Bb]
[C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [C] [-] [F] [Bb]
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{start_of_part: Outtro}
[C]You, [F] [C]you, [F] [C] [F] you make a [C]grown [F]man [Bb]cry
[C]You, [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] you make a [C]dead [F]man [Bb]come
[C]You, [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] you make a [C]dead [F]man [Bb]come
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{start_of_part: End}
[C]start me [F]up!
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