Build Me Up Buttercup
The Foundations (Mike d'Abo & Tony Macaulay, 1968)
CHORUS | D - X U - u D - |
VERSES | d - D u d - D u |
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [G7] |
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [G7] | [G7]
Chorus
Why do you | [C] build me up (build me up) | [E7] Buttercup baby
Just to | [F] let me down (let me down) and | [G7] mess me around
And then | [C] worst of all (worst of all) you | [E7] never call baby
When you | [F] say you will (say you will) but | [G7] I love you still
I need | [C] you (I need you) more than | [C7] anyone darling
You | [F] know that I have from the | [Fm] start
So | [C] build me up (build me up)
| [G7] Buttercup don't break my | [F] heart | [C↓] [G7]
I'll be | [C] over at [G7] ten you told me | [Bb] time and a- [F] gain
But you're | [C] late...I wait a- | [F] round and then (bah-dah-dah)
I | [C] run to the [G7] door, I can't | [Bb] take any [F] more
It's not | [C] you...you let me | [F] down again
Bridge
(Hey, hey | [Dm] hey) Baby, baby, I | [G7] try to find
(Hey, hey, | [Em] hey) A little time, and | [A7] I'll make you mine
(Hey, hey, | [F] hey) I'll be home,
I'll be be- | [D7] side the phone waiting for | [G7] you... |
| [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh...) | [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh) | [G7↓]
Chorus
Why do you | [C] build me up (build me up) | [E7] Buttercup baby
Just to | [F] let me down (let me down) and | [G7] mess me around
And then | [C] worst of all (worst of all) you | [E7] never call, baby
When you | [F] say you will (say you will) but | [G7] I love you still
I need | [C] you (I need you) more than | [C7] anyone darling
You | [F] know that I have from the | [Fm] start
So | [C] build me up (build me up)
| [G7] Buttercup don't break my | [F] heart | [C↓] [G7]
To | [C] you I'm a [G7] toy, but I | [Bb] could be the [F] boy
You a- | [C] dore... if you'd just | [F] let me know (bah-dah-dah)
Al- | [C] though you're un- [G7] true I'm at- | [Bb] tracted to [F] you
All the | [C] more... why do I | [F] need you so?
Bridge
(Hey, hey | [Dm] hey) Baby, baby, I | [G7] try to find
(Hey, hey, | [Em] hey) A little time, and | [A7] I'll make you mine
(Hey, hey, | [F] hey) I'll be home
I'll be be- | [D7] side the phone waiting for | [G7] you... |
| [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh...) | [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh) | [G7↓]
Chorus
Why do you | [C] build me up (build me up) | [E7] Buttercup baby
Just to | [F] let me down (let me down) and | [G7] mess me around
And then | [C] worst of all (worst of all) you | [E7] never call, baby
When you | [F] say you will (say you will) but | [G7] I love you still
I need | [C] you (I need you) more than | [C7] anyone darling
You | [F] know that I have from the | [Fm] start
So | [C] build me up (build me up) |
| [G7] Buttercup don't break my | [F] heart | [C↓]
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#Last Updated 9/10/23 JJ
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The Foundations (Mike d'Abo & Tony Macaulay, 1968)
CHORUS | D - X U - u D - |
VERSES | d - D u d - D u |
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [G7] |
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [G7] | [G7]
Chorus
Why do you | [C] build me up (build me up) | [E7] Buttercup baby
Just to | [F] let me down (let me down) and | [G7] mess me around
And then | [C] worst of all (worst of all) you | [E7] never call baby
When you | [F] say you will (say you will) but | [G7] I love you still
I need | [C] you (I need you) more than | [C7] anyone darling
You | [F] know that I have from the | [Fm] start
So | [C] build me up (build me up)
| [G7] Buttercup don't break my | [F] heart | [C↓] [G7]
I'll be | [C] over at [G7] ten you told me | [Bb] time and a- [F] gain
But you're | [C] late...I wait a- | [F] round and then (bah-dah-dah)
I | [C] run to the [G7] door, I can't | [Bb] take any [F] more
It's not | [C] you...you let me | [F] down again
Bridge
(Hey, hey | [Dm] hey) Baby, baby, I | [G7] try to find
(Hey, hey, | [Em] hey) A little time, and | [A7] I'll make you mine
(Hey, hey, | [F] hey) I'll be home,
I'll be be- | [D7] side the phone waiting for | [G7] you... |
| [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh...) | [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh) | [G7↓]
Chorus
Why do you | [C] build me up (build me up) | [E7] Buttercup baby
Just to | [F] let me down (let me down) and | [G7] mess me around
And then | [C] worst of all (worst of all) you | [E7] never call, baby
When you | [F] say you will (say you will) but | [G7] I love you still
I need | [C] you (I need you) more than | [C7] anyone darling
You | [F] know that I have from the | [Fm] start
So | [C] build me up (build me up)
| [G7] Buttercup don't break my | [F] heart | [C↓] [G7]
To | [C] you I'm a [G7] toy, but I | [Bb] could be the [F] boy
You a- | [C] dore... if you'd just | [F] let me know (bah-dah-dah)
Al- | [C] though you're un- [G7] true I'm at- | [Bb] tracted to [F] you
All the | [C] more... why do I | [F] need you so?
Bridge
(Hey, hey | [Dm] hey) Baby, baby, I | [G7] try to find
(Hey, hey, | [Em] hey) A little time, and | [A7] I'll make you mine
(Hey, hey, | [F] hey) I'll be home
I'll be be- | [D7] side the phone waiting for | [G7] you... |
| [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh...) | [G7↓] (ooh-oo-ooh) | [G7↓]
Chorus
Why do you | [C] build me up (build me up) | [E7] Buttercup baby
Just to | [F] let me down (let me down) and | [G7] mess me around
And then | [C] worst of all (worst of all) you | [E7] never call, baby
When you | [F] say you will (say you will) but | [G7] I love you still
I need | [C] you (I need you) more than | [C7] anyone darling
You | [F] know that I have from the | [Fm] start
So | [C] build me up (build me up) |
| [G7] Buttercup don't break my | [F] heart | [C↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 9/10/23 JJ
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