Build Me Up Buttercup Uke tab by The Foundations (Baritone Chords)

12 Chords used in the song: C, E, F, G, E7, C7, Fm, Bb, Dm, Em, A7, D7

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Year:  1968
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4.25
(Intermediate)
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[Intro]
C C E E F F G G
C C E7 E7 F F G G


[Chorus]
C C E7 E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F F G G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C C E7 E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
F F G G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
C C C7 C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
F F Fm Fm
You know that I have from the start
C C G G
So build me up Buttercup,
F F C C G G C C
Don't break my heart

[Verse]
C C G G Bb Bb F F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
C C F F
But you're late, I wait around and then
C C G G Bb Bb F F
I went to the door, I can't take any more
C C F F
It's not you, you let me down again


[Pre-Chorus]
F F C C Dm Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
G G Fm Fm Em Em A7 A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A A little time and I'll make you mine
F F
I'll be home
D7 D7 G G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Chorus]
C C E7 E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F F G G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C C E7 E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
F F G G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
C C C7 C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
F F Fm Fm
You know that I have from the start
C C G G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
F F C C G G C C
Don't break my heart

[Verse]
C C G G Bb Bb F F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
C C F F
Adore, if you'd just let me know
C C G G
Although you're untrue,
Bb Bb F F C C
I'm attracted to you all the more
F F
Why do I need you so


[Pre-Chorus]
F F C C Dm Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
G G Fm Fm Em Em A7 A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A A little time and I'll make you mine
F F
I'll be home
D7 D7 G G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Chorus]
C C E7 E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
F F G G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C C E7 E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
F F G G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
C C C7 C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
F F Fm Fm
You know that I have from the start
C C G G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
F F Bb Bb G G C C
Don't break my heart

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I think this is really good! (:
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