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Build Me Up Buttercup Chords

Music by: The Foundations · 1968
Genre Pop Tone C major BPM 135 Views 20034
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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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