[Intro - pattern slightly swung - xx XX xx XX - No drums for first time round] [Snare is just muted downstroke on strings - not slap or full snare] [A][A][D][E] x 3
[Chorus] [A] Stir it up; [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. Come on, [D] ba [E] by. Come on and [A] stir it up: [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. [D] O- [E] oh!
[Verse 1] It's been a [A] long, long time, yeah! (stir it, stir it, stir it together) [D] Since I [E] got you on my [A] mind. (ooh-ooh-ooh- [D] ooh) Oh- [E] oh! [A] Now you are here (stir it, stir it, stir it together), I said, [D] it's [A] so [E] clear [A] To see what we could do, baby, (ooh-ooh-ooh- [D] ooh) Just me and [E] you.
[Chorus] [A] Stir it up; [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. Come on, [D] ba [E] by. Come on and [A] stir it up: [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. [D] O- [E] oh!
[Verse 2] [A] I'll push the wood (stir it, stir it, stir it together), then I [D] blaze ya [E] fire; [A] Then I'll satisfy your [D] heart's de [E] sire. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) [A] Said, I stir it every (stir it, stir it, stir it together), [D] every [E] minute: [A] All you got to do, baby, (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) [D] Is keep it [E] in, eh!
[Chorus] [A] Stir it up; [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. Come on, [D] ba [E] by. Come on and [A] stir it up: [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. [D] O- [E] oh!
[Verse 3] [A] Quench me [D] when I'm [E] thirsty; [A] Come on and cool me down, ba [D] by, [E] when I'm hot. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) [A] Your recipe is, - dar [D] lin' - is so [E] tasty, [A] When you show and [D] stir your [E] pot. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
[Chorus] [A] Stir it up; [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. Come on, [D] ba [E] by. Come on and [A] stir it up: [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. [D] O- [E] oh!
[Solo][A][A][D][E] x as many times as necessary
[Chorus] [A] Stir it up; [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. Come on, [D] ba [E] by. Come on and [A] stir it up: [D] little [E] darlin', [A] stir it up. [D] O- [E] oh! [Repeat Chorus until natural end]
[Intro - BPM 87 - No drums high riff] [Em7] E -7------7-7------7---7-- B -7h8----8-8------8---7-- G -7------7-7------7---7-- D -7h9----9-9------9---7-- A -7------7-7------7---7-- E -7------7-7------7---7-- Dr B S B S
[Verse] [Em7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse] You [Em7] know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse] Well the Ill [Em7] inois Central And the [Em7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Em7] keep on pushin' mama You [Em7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section] [Em7] E ------------------ B ------------------ G ------------------ D -7--9--------------- A -5--7--------------- E -0----------------- Dr B B S B S
Well the Ill [Em7] inois Central And the [Em7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Em7] keep on pushin' mama You [Em7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7]
[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum] Well the [Em7] pistons keep on turning And the whe [Em7] els go round and round The [Em7] steel rails are cold and hard For the [Em7] miles that they go down
[Chorus] Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Am7] ooh (drums stop)
[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end - bring drums back in at some point [Em7][Em7][Em7][Dm7] B S B S
