[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]
[Verse 1] I sit and wait [E] .............. does an angel .......contem [A] plate my fate ([C#m]) (C#m passing chord - just play on 4) [B] ...................and do they know [E] .....the places where we go when we're grey and [A] old ...................... ([C#m]) [B] ........... 'cos I've been [F#m] told .......... that salva [A] tion ........... lets their [C#m7] wings unfold .................. [A] ................. so when I'm [D] lying in my bed ........thoughts [A/C#] running through my head ..... and I [E] feel that love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Verse 2] [E] when I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one [A] way street ([C#m]) [B] ................. I look above [E] ......... and I know i'll always be blessed [A] with love ([C#m]) [B] ............... and [D] as the feeling grows ... she breathes [A/C#] flesh to my bones and [E] when love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
[Solo] Bm A E E x4
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
