Build Me Up Buttercup Uke tab by The Foundations

12 Chords used in the song: C, E, F, G, E7, C7, Fm, Bb, Dm, Em, A7, D7

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Year:  1968
Difficulty: 
4.25
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
[Intro]
C chordC E chordE F chordF G chordG
C chordC E7 chordE7 F chordF G chordG


[Chorus]
C chordC E7 chordE7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F chordF G chordG
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C chordC E7 chordE7
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 Fm chordFm
You know that I have from the start
C chordC G chordG
So build me up Buttercup,
F chordF C chordC G chordG C chordC
Don't break my heart

[Verse]
C chordC G chordG Bb chordBb F chordF
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
C chordC F chordF
But you're late, I wait around and then
C chordC G chordG Bb chordBb F chordF
I went to the door, I can't take any more
C chordC F chordF
It's not you, you let me down again


[Pre-Chorus]
F chordF C chordC Dm chordDm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
G chordG Fm chordFm Em chordEm A7 chordA7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A chordA little time and I'll make you mine
F chordF
I'll be home
D7 chordD7 G chordG
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G chordG
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Chorus]
C chordC E7 chordE7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F chordF G chordG
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C chordC E7 chordE7
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 Fm chordFm
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
Don't break my heart

[Verse]
C chordC G chordG Bb chordBb F chordF
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
C chordC F chordF
Adore, if you'd just let me know
C chordC G chordG
Although you're untrue,
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
I'm attracted to you all the more
F chordF
Why do I need you so


[Pre-Chorus]
F chordF C chordC Dm chordDm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
G chordG Fm chordFm Em chordEm A7 chordA7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A chordA little time and I'll make you mine
F chordF
I'll be home
D7 chordD7 G chordG
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G chordG
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Chorus]
C chordC E7 chordE7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F chordF G chordG
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C chordC E7 chordE7
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 Fm chordFm
You know that I have from the start
C chordC G chordG
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
F chordF Bb chordBb G chordG C chordC
Don't break my heart

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I think this is really good! (:
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