Build me up Buttercup - The Foundations

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Build me up Buttercup - The Foundations 1968

Written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay

Intro: C, E7, F, G

           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
Don't break my heart

          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

 F    C    Dm        
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fm   Em                      Am   G                  
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
 F                 
I'll be home
        D                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
 G          G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

           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
Don't break my heart

   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
                 
 F    C    Dm        
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fm   Em             Am     G            
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
 F                 
I'll be home
        D                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
 G          G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

           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
                          A   G
Don't break my heart

Fade out:

       D                         D7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
           G                  Gm
You know that I have from the start
   D                         A
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup

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