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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Artist: The Foundations

Album: The Foundations

Year: 1968

Difficulty:

4.25

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

[Intro]
C E F G
C E7 F G
 
 
[Chorus]
           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around 
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby 
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still 
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin' 
    F                         Fm
You know that I have from the start 
   C           G
So build me up Buttercup, 
               F   C G C
Don't break my heart

[Verse]
          C       G                Bb       F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             C          F
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  C           G             Bb       F
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         C               F
It's not you, you let me down again
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 F    C    Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find 
 G    Fm   Em                      A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine 
 F
I'll be home 
        D7                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 

[Chorus]
           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around 
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby 
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still 
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
           F                  Fm
You know that I have from the start 
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, 
               F    C G C
Don't break my heart

[Verse]
   C         G         Bb           F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 C                    F
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   C            G
Although you're untrue, 
    Bb           F           C
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         F
Why do I need you so 
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 F    C    Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find 
 G    Fm   Em                      A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine 
 F
I'll be home 
        D7                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 

[Chorus]
           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around 
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby 
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still 
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
           F                  Fm
You know that I have from the start 
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup 
               F    Bb G C
Don't break my heart

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I think this is really good! (:

18 Nov 2020

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About this song: Build Me Up Buttercup

"Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by English songwriters Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay that was a hit around the world for British soul band The Foundations in 1968 (with Colin Young, who had replaced Clem Curtis, singing his first hit lead vocals). Read more on Last.fm.

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