Build Me Up Buttercup [C]
The Foundations
|Chorus:
|[NC] Why do you [C] build me up [E7] buttercup baby
|Just to [F] let me down and [Dm] mess me around
|And then [C] worst of all you [E7] never call, baby
|When you [F] say you will but [Dm] I love you still
|I need [C] you more than [C7] anyone darling
|You [F] know that I have from the [Fm] start
|So [C] build me up [G] Buttercup don't break my [F] heart [C]
Verse 1:
I'll be [C] over at [G] ten you told me [Bb] time and [F] again
But you're [C] late... I'm waiting [F] round and then
I [C] run to the [G] door, I can't [Bb] take any [F] more
It's not [C] you... you let me [F] down again
Pre-Chorus:
[F] Hey hey [Dm] hey
Baby, baby, try to find
[G] Hey,hey, [Em] hey
A little time, and [A7] I'll make you happy
[Dm] I'll be home, I'll be be[D7]side the phone waiting for [G] you...
[G] You-oo-ooh... ooh-oo-ooh....ooh-oo-ooh
Chorus:
Verse 2:
To [C] you I'm a [G] toy, but I [Bb] could be the [F] boy
You [C] adore... if you'd just [F] let me know
Al[C]though you're un[G]true I'm at[Bb]tracted to [F] you
All the [C] more... why do you [F] treat me so?
Pre-Chorus:
[F] Hey hey [Dm] hey
Baby, baby, try to find
[G] Hey,hey, [Em] hey
A little time, and [A7] I'll make you happy
[Dm] I'll be home, I'll be be[D7]side the phone waiting for [G] you...
[G] You-oo-ooh... ooh-oo-ooh
|Chorus:
|[NC] Why do you [C] build me up [E7] buttercup baby
|Just to [F] let me down and [Dm] mess me around
|And then [C] worst of all you [E7] never call, baby
|When you [F] say you will but [Dm] I love you still
|I need [C] you more than [C7] anyone darling
|You [F] know that I have from the [Fm] start
|So [C] build me up [G] Buttercup don't break my [F] heart [C]
Outro:
I need [C] you more than [C7] anyone, darling
[Slowing]
You [F] know that I have from the [Fm] start
So [C] build me up, [G] Buttercup, don't break my [F] heart [Em] [Dm] [C]