[Intro] C  F  C  F
        C  F  G  Bb
        C  F  C  F 
        C  F  G  Bb  Eb  Bb  C

C       F       C
If you start me up

F      C        F       Bb
If you start me up I'll never stop
        C     F  C
You can start me up
F       C     F         Bb
You can start me up I'll never stop
     C     F  C   F
I've been running hot

C   F                    Bb
You got me just about to blow my top
    C   F        C
You can start me up
F             Bb
You can start me up
Bb
I'll never stop, never stop, never stop

C                F
You make a grown man cry
C                F    Eb Bb  C
You make a grown man cry
C                F   Eb   Bb  C
You make a grown man cry
C      F       C    C  
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
       C
I walk smooth ride in a mean
F      C
Mean machine

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C       F        C
You can start me up
F           Bb
Kick on the starter
Bb
Give it all you've got (you got, you got)
  C     F
I can't compete
C    F                 Bb
With the riders in the other heats
   C   F        C
If you rough it up
F                  Bb
If you like it you can slide it up
Bb
Slide it up, Slide it up, slide it up

C                 F
Don't make a grown man cry
C                  F   Eb  Bb   C
Don't make a grown man cry
C                      F   Eb  Bb  Eb  Bb
Don't make a grown man cry
C       F       C  F    C  F
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
C                    C
My hands are greasy, she's a mean
F        C
Mean machine

( C  F  C  F )
( C  F  G  Bb )
( C  F  C  F )
( C  F  G  Bb  Eb  Bb  C )

C     F     C   F          C   
Start me up,Ah, you've got to
F          Bb
You've got to, Never, never, never stop
C        F    C   F     
Start it up,  Ah
C  F   Bb
Start it up, never, never, never

C                 F       
You make a grown man cry
C                F       Eb  Bb  C
You make a grown man cry
C                F       Eb  Bb  
You make a grown man cry
C          F        C
Ride like the wind, at double speed
C                                       
I'll take you places that you've never
F     C
Never seen

C      F        C   
It you start it up

F    C   F           Bb
Love the day when we will never stop
Bb
Never stop, never, never, never stop
C       F   C     F   C  F    Bb
Tough me up Never stop, never stop

C                          F
You, you, you make a grown man cry
C F    C  F    C     F    Bb D  C
You, you make a dead man come
C F     C   F        C    F   Bb
You, you, you make a dead man come