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Build Me Up Buttercup Chords
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[Intro 1] [C][E][F][G] [C][E][F][G] [G]Why do you build [Chorus 1] [C]me up (build me up) [E]buttercup, baby Just to [F]let me down (let me down) and [G]mess me around? And then [C]worst of all (worst of all) you [E]never call, baby When you [F]say you will (say you will) but [G]I love you still I need [C]you (I need you) more than [C]anyone, darlin' You [F]know that I have from the [Fm]start So [C]build me up (build me up) [G]buttercup, don't break my [F]heart[C][G] [Verse 1] "I'll be [C]over at [G]ten", you told me [Bb]time and a[F]gain But you're [C]late, I wait [F]around and then (bah-dah...) I [C]went to the [G]door, I can't [Bb]take any [F]more It's not [C]you, you let me [F]down again (hey, hey, [Dm]hey) Baby, baby, [G]try to find (hey, hey, [Em]hey) A little time and [A]I'll make you [G]happy [F]I'll be home, I'll be [D7]beside the phone waiting for [G]you Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh [G]Why do you build [Chorus 2] [C]me up (build me up) [E]buttercup, baby Just to [F]let me down (let me down) and [G]mess me around? And then [C]worst of all (worst of all) you [E]never call, baby When you [F]say you will (say you will) but [G]I love you still I need [C]you (I need you) more than [C]anyone, darlin' You [F]know that I have from the [Fm]start So [C]build me up (build me up) [G]buttercup, don't break my [F]heart[C][G] [Verse 2] To [C]you, I'm a [G]toy, but I [Bb]could be the [F]boy you a[C]dore If you'd just [F]let me know (bah-dah...) [C]Although you're un[G]true I'm at[Bb]tracted to [F]you all the [C]more Why do I [F]need you so? (Hey, hey, [Dm]hey) Baby, baby, [G]try to find (hey, hey, [Em]hey) A little time and [A]I'll make you [G]happy [F]I'll be home, I'll be [D7]beside the phone waiting for [G]you Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh [G]Why do you build [Chorus 3] [C]me up (build me up) [E]buttercup, baby Just to [F]let me down (let me down) and [G]mess me around? And then [C]worst of all (worst of all) you [E]never call, baby When you [F]say you will (say you will) but [G]I love you still I need [C]you (I need you) more than [C]anyone, darlin' You [F]know that I have from the [Fm]start So [C]build me up (build me up) [G]buttercup, don't break my [A]heart [A7]I-I-I need [D]you more than [D]anyone, baby You [G]know that I have from the [Gm]start So [D]build me up [Fade out]
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