And repeat all way down.

Intro
C/F Bb/Eb (2 times)

 
Verse 1If  
C/F 
you start me up, if you start me up I?ll  
Bb/D# 
never stop.If  
C/F 
you start me up, if you start me up I?ll  
Bb/D# 
never stop.I?ve  
C/F 
been running hot, you got me rifting, gonna  
Bb/D# 
blow my top.You  
C/F 
can start me up, you can start me up, I?ll  
Bb/D# 
never stop, never stop, never stop, never stop.
 
Chorus 1
C 
You make a grown man
F 
cry, (3 times)
C 
Spread 
 
 
F 
out the  
C 
oil, the  
F 
gas
C 
oline,
F/C 
I walk smooth ride in  
Eb 
mean, 
 
 
Bb 
mean 
 
machin
C/F 
e.
Bb/D# 
{sot}————— Start it up.{eot}

Verse 2

 
You  
C/F 
can start me up, kick on the starter, give it  
Bb/D# 
all you?ve got. (you got, you got)
C/F 
I can?t compete with the riders in the  
Bb/D# 
other 
 
heats.
C/F 
You rough it up, if you like it you can  
Bb/D# 
slide it up,

Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up.

 
Chorus 2
C 
Don?t make a grown man
F 
cry, (3 times)
C 
My 
 
 
F 
eyes 
 
di
C 
late, my  
F 
lips 
 
 
C 
go 
 
green,
F/C 
My hands are greasy, she?s a  
Eb 
mean, 
 
 
Bb 
mean 
 
machin
C/F 
e.
Bb/D# 
{sot}————— Start it up.{eot}
 
Verse 3
C/F 
 
Bb/D# 
{sot}Start me up. Ah———– you?ve got to, you?ve got to, never, never, never stop.{eot}
C/F 
 
Bb/D# 
{sot}Start me up. Ah———– Start it up.{eot}
 
(Never, never.)Chorus 3
C 
You make a grown man
F 
cry, (3 times)
C 
Ride 
 
 
F 
like the  
C 
wind, at  
F 
dou
C 
ble 
 
speed,
F/C 
I?ll take you places that you?ve  
Eb 
never, 
 
 
Bb 
never 
 
see
C/F 
n.
Bb/D# 

 
EndingIf  
C/F 
you start it up, love the day when we will  
Bb/D# 
never stop, never stop, never, never, never stop.
C/F 
 
Bb/D# 
{sot}Tough me up, ——————————- never, never stop.{eot}
C/F 
You, you, you make a grown man  
Bb/D# 
cry.
C/F 
You, you, you make a dead man  
Bb/D# 
come.
C/F 
You, you, you make a dead man  
Bb/D# 
come.
C/F 
Start me up.


These known chords are used in this song.