[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] (No drums) G D Em C - G D Em C C-D (Drums in) G D Em C - G D Em C C-D (whoooaaa)
[Verse 1] [G] I get the [D/F#] same old dreams [Em] same time [D] every night, [C] fall to the [G/B] ground and I [Am] wake up [D] [G] So I get [D/F#] out of bed, put [Em] on my shoes, and [D] in my head, [C] thoughts fly [G/B] back to the [Am] break-up [D] [Eb] These four walls are [F/C] closin' in, [Eb] look at the fix you've [C] put me [D] in [C to D phrase] C(Bb)/A B(С)/D E ------------------------ B -5-5-5---5-5-7---------- G -5-5-5---5-5-7----------- D -5-5-5---5-5-7----------- A -3-x-x---x-3-5---------- E ---6-5---7-----------------
[Chorus] [G] Since you've been gone, [D][Em] since you've been gone [C] I'm [G] out of my [D] head, can't [Em] take [C] it. [C][D] [G] Could I be [D] wrong, but [Em] since you've been [C] gone [G] you've cast a [D] spell so [Em] break [C] it. [C][D] Oh!.
[Bridge] G D Em C - G D Em C C-D G D Em C - G D Em C C-D ...since you've been gone.
[Verse 2] [G] So in the [D/F#] night I stand, [Em] beneath the [D] back street light [C] I read the [G/B] words that you [Am] sent to me [D] [G] I can take the [D/F#] afternoon, the [Em] nighttime comes a [D] round too soon, [C] you can't [G/B] know what you [Am] mean to [D] me [Eb] Your poison letter, your [F/C] telegram, [Eb] just goes to show you don't [C] give a [D] damn
[Chorus] [G] Since you've been gone, [D][Em] since you've been gone [C] I'm [G] out of my [D] head, can't [Em] take [C] it. [C][D] [G] Could I be [D] wrong, but [Em] since you've been [C] gone [G] you've cast a [D] spell so [Em] break [C] it. [C][D] Oh!.
[Bridge] G D Em C - G D Em C C-D G D Em C - G D Em C C-D ...since you've been gone.
[Guitar Solo/Breakdown] G Am G/B (C C/B Am) G D Em C
[G] If you [Am] will come [G/B] back, [C] ba [C/B] by, [Am] you [G] know ..you'll [D/F#] never do [Em] wrong ha [C] aa a ha
D (shift up full step - key change - try to sing if you dare :-) A E F#m D - A E F#m D D-E
