Build Me Up Buttercup
1968
Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay (sung by The Foundations)
AA7CC7DD7DmE7EmFFmGGmGm714 chords used in this song
| C | E7 |
| Why do you | Cbuild me up | E7Buttercup baby |
| F | G |
| Just to | Flet me down and | Gmess me around |
| C | E7 |
| And then | Cworst of all you | E7never call, baby |
| F | G |
| When you | Fsay you will but | GI love you still |
| C | C7 |
| I need | Cyou more than | C7anyone darling |
| F | Fm |
| You | Fknow that I have from the | Fmstart |
| C | G | F | C | G |
| So | Cbuild me up | GButtercup don't break my | Fheart | C | G |
| C | G | Gm7 | F |
| I'll be | Cover at | Gten you told me | Gm7time and a | Fgain |
| C | F |
| But you're | Clate, I'm waiting | Fround and then |
| C | G | Gm7 | F |
| I | Crun to the | Gdoor, I can't | Gm7take any | Fmore |
| C | F |
| It's not | Cyou, you let me | Fdown again |
| Dm | G |
| DmBaby, baby, | Gtry to find |
| A7 |
| A little time, and | A7I'll make you happy |
| Dm | D7 | G |
| DmI'll be home, I'll be be | D7side the phone waiting for | Gyou |
| G |
| ( | G Oooh-oo-ooh, Oooh-oo-oo) |
| C | E7 |
| Why do you | Cbuild me up | E7Buttercup baby |
| F | G |
| Just to | Flet me down and | Gmess me around |
| C | E7 |
| And then | Cworst of all you | E7never call, baby |
| F | G |
| When you | Fsay you will but | GI love you still |
| C | C7 |
| I need | Cyou more than | C7anyone darling |
| F | Fm |
| You | Fknow that I have from the | Fmstart |
| C | G | F | C | G |
| So | Cbuild me up | GButtercup don't break my | Fheart | C | G |
| C | G | Gm7 | F |
| To | Cyou I'm a | Gtoy, but I | Gm7could be the | Fboy |
| C | F |
| You a | Cdore if you'd just | Flet me know |
| C | G | Gm7 | F |
| Al | Cthough you're un | Gtrue I'm at | Gm7tracted to | Fyou |
| C | F |
| All the | Cmore, Why do you | Ftreat me so? |
| Dm | G |
| DmBaby, baby, | Gtry to find |
| A7 |
| A little time, and | A7I'll make you happy |
| Dm | D7 | G |
| DmI'll be home, I'll be be | D7side the phone waiting for | Gyou |
| G |
| ( | G Oooh-oo-ooh, Oooh-oo-oo) |
| C | E7 |
| Why do you | Cbuild me up | E7Buttercup baby |
| F | G |
| Just to | Flet me down and | Gmess me around |
| C | E7 |
| And then | Cworst of all you | E7never call, baby |
| F | G |
| When you | Fsay you will but | GI love you still |
| C | C7 |
| I need | Cyou more than | C7anyone darling |
| F | Fm |
| You | Fknow that I have from the | Fmstart |
| C | G | A7 |
| So | Cbuild me up | GButtercup don't break my | A7heart |
| D | D7 |
| I need | Dyou more than | D7anyone darling |
| G | Gm |
| You | Gknow that I have from the | Gmstart |
| D | A | G | D |
| So | Dbuild me up | AButtercup don't break my | Gheart | D |
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