...START ME UP... by The Folksmen 
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Intro: 

D 

Verse 1: 

       D 
If you start me up 
                        G 
If you start me up I'll never stop 
       D 
If you start me up 
                        G 
If you start me up I'll never stop 
          D 
I've been running hot 
                         G 
You got me ticking gonna blow my top 
        D 
If you start me up 
                        G 
If you start me up I'll never stop 

A                     D 
 You make a grown man cry 
A                     D 
 You make a grown man cry 
A                     D 
 You make a grown man cry


Bridge 1: 

(n.c) 
Spread out the oil, the gasoline 
                                       D 
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean ma-chine 

Verse 2: 

       D 
If you start it up 
                            G 
Kick on the starter give it all you got, (all you got)  
  D                                    G 
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats 
       D 
If you rough it up 
                       G 
If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up 

A                       D 
 Don't make a grown man cry 
A                       D 
 Don't make a grown man cry 
A                       D 
 Don't make a grown man cry


Bridge 2: 

(n.c) 
My eyes dilate, my lips go green 
My hands are greasy 
                   QD 
She's a mean, mean machine 

Middle 8: 

Dsus  D   Gsus4 G   Asus4 A    D 
 Ooo  oo, Ooo   oo, Ooo   oo 

Verse 3: 

       D 
If you start me up 
                        G 
Start me up and give it all you got 
      D 
If you start me up 
                        G 
If you start me up I'll never stop 

A                     D 
 You make a grown man cry 
A                     D 
 You make a grown man cry 
A                    D 
 You make a dead man come 
A                    D 
 You make a dead man come 
A                    D 
 You make a dead man come 
A                    D 
 You make a dead man come 

A                                D 
 You make a dead man..... Kum-by-ah



Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY
Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)