If you want the original sound, play on a 5 strings open G tuned guitar, with capo on 3rd fret (it gives you an open Bb).

Then play like that:

D+—–|———–|—————|——————-|—————-|-//-
B+—5-|-6-6—–5-|-6-6—5-5-6-6-|-4—3–4–3-3-4-3-|–3-4-3-3-3-3-5-|-//-
G+—5-|-5-5—–5-|-5-5—5-5-5-5-|-3—3–3–3-3-3-3-|–3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-//-
D+—5-|-7-7—–5-|-7-7—5-5-7-7-|-5—3–5–3-3-5-3-|–3-5-3-3-3-3-5-|-//-
G+—–|———–|—————|——————-|—————-|-//-

And repeat all way down.

Intro

C/F Bb/Eb (2 times)

Verse 1

If [C/F]you start me up, if you start me up I?ll [Bb/Eb]never stop.

If [C/F]you start me up, if you start me up I?ll [Bb/Eb]never stop.

I?ve [C/F]been running hot, you got me rifting, gonna [Bb/Eb]blow my top.

You [C/F]can start me up, you can start me up, I?ll [Bb/Eb]never stop, never stop, never stop, never stop.

Chorus 1

You make a grown man cry, (3 times)

Spread out the oil, the gasoline,[F/C]

I walk smooth ride in mean, mean machin[C/F]e.

[Bb/Eb]  

————— Start it up.

Verse 2

You [C/F]can start me up, kick on the starter, give it [Bb/Eb]all you?ve got. (you got, you got)

[C/F]I can?t compete with the riders in the [Bb/Eb]other heats.

[C/F]You rough it up, if you like it you can [Bb/Eb]slide it up,

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

Chorus 2

Don?t make a grown man cry, (3 times)

My eyes dilate, my lips go green,[F/C]

My hands are greasy, she?s a mean, mean machin[C/F]e.

[Bb/Eb]  

————— Start it up.

Verse 3

[C/F] [Bb/Eb]  

Start me up. Ah———– you?ve got to, you?ve got to, never, never, never stop.

[C/F] [Bb/Eb]  

Start me up. Ah———– Start it up.

(Never, never.)

Chorus 3

You make a grown man cry, (3 times)

Ride like the wind, at double speed,[F/C]

I?ll take you places that you?ve never, never see[C/F]n.

[Bb/Eb]  

———————————-

Ending

If [C/F]you start it up, love the day when we will [Bb/Eb]never stop, never stop, never, never, never stop.

[C/F] [Bb/Eb]  

Tough me up, ——————————- never, never stop.

[C/F]You, you, you make a grown man [Bb/Eb]cry.

[C/F]You, you, you make a dead man [Bb/Eb]come.

[C/F]You, you, you make a dead man [Bb/Eb]come.

[C/F]Start me up.