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
C/F Bb/Eb
If you start me up, if you start me up I’ll never stop.
C/F Bb/Eb
If you start me up, if you start me up I’ll never stop.
C/F Bb/Eb
I’ve been running hot, you got me rifting, gonna blow my top.
C/F Bb/Eb
You can start me up, you can start me up, I’ll never stop, never stop, never stop, never stop.
Chorus 1
C F
You make a grown man cry, (3 times)
C F C F C F/C
Spread out the oil, the gasoline,
Eb Bb C/F
I walk smooth ride in mean, mean machine.
Bb/Eb
--------------- Start it up.
Verse 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rolling_stones/start_me_up_crd_ver_3.html ]
C/F Bb/Eb
You can start me up, kick on the starter, give it all you’ve got. (you got, you got)
C/F Bb/Eb
I can’t compete with the riders in the other heats.
C/F Bb/Eb
You rough it up, if you like it you can slide it up,
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up.
Chorus 2
C F
Don’t make a grown man cry, (3 times)
C F C F C F/C
My eyes dilate, my lips go green,
Eb Bb C/F
My hands are greasy, she’s a mean, mean machine.
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
C F
You make a grown man cry, (3 times)
C F C F C F/C
Ride like the wind, at double speed,
Eb Bb C/F
I’ll take you places that you’ve never, never seen.
Bb/Eb
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Ending
C/F Bb/Eb
If you start it up, love the day when we will never stop, never stop, never, never, never stop.
C/F Bb/Eb
Tough me up, ------------------------------- never, never stop.
C/F Bb/Eb
You, you, you make a grown man cry.
C/F Bb/Eb
You, you, you make a dead man come.
C/F Bb/Eb
You, you, you make a dead man come.
C/F
Start me up.
