{t:Build Me Up Buttercup} {st:The Foundations (Mike d'Abo & Tony Macaulay, 1968)} {sot} CHORUS | D - X U - u D - | VERSES | d - D u d - D u | {eot} [/] [C] [/] [E7] [/] [F] [/] [G7] [/] [/] [C] [/] [E7] [/] [F] [/] [G7] [/] [G7] {soc} 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] {eoc} 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 {c: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↓] {soc} 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] {eoc} 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? {c: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↓] {soc} 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↓] {eoc} #Play along with original in this key. #video=QbuSu1b-ejs#vend #Last Updated 9/10/23 JJ #ubl