Build Me Up Buttercup Uke tab by The Foundations

6 Chords used in the song: G, C, C7, EM, F, A

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Artist: 
Year:  1968
Difficulty: 
2.83
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G chordG               C chordC       C7 chordC7           EM chordEM
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F chordF A chordA G chordG
Just to let me down (let me down)and mess me around
C chordC C7 chordC7 EM chordEM
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
F chordF G chordG
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still

C chordC C7 chordC7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
F chordF A chordA
You know that I have from the start
C chordC G chordG
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
F chordF C chordC G chordG C chordC G chordG
don't break my heart

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stun pattern?
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very good i justr cant remeber wat the 'A' chrod is lol nice song
06 Sep 2009
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About this song: Build Me Up Buttercup

This song is bigger than the band. If you haven't heard it in a mall, on a radio or wherever, you haven't lived in America in the last 40 some years.
The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" (a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and subsequently Top 10 in the U.S.

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