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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: September 9, 1997
Subject: Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations
Album: Cruisin' Classics (Tape from Shell Gas Stations)
Written by: Not available.
chords are misalign I think on my list as if 10/23/2010
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
Intro (piano) Notes C CC EEEE F FF GGGG F EE F EE D E D CCC
GGG
Chorus:
C Em
Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup baby
F G7
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
C Em F
And then worst of all (worst of all) You never call baby when you say you will (say you will)
G7 C Gm
But I love you still I need you ( I need you) more than anyone darling
F Fm
(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
You know that I have from the start
C G7 F down to C C G7
So build me up(build me up) buttercup don't break my heart
C Dm F
1.I'll be over at ten you've told me time and again
C F Dm
but you're late I wait around and then
C Dm F
(ba ta da) I run to the door I can't take anymore
C F Dm
Oh you you let me down again
Dm G
Hey hey hey) Baby baby try to find (hey hey hey)
Em
a little time and I'll make you mine (hey hey hey)
Dm Bm G7
I'll be home I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooooh ooooh go to chorus
C Dm F C F Dm
2. You are my toy But I could be the boy You adore If you just let me know
C Dm F C
(ba ta da) I tell you I'm true I'm attracted to you all the more
F Dm
why do I need you so
Dm G
(hey hey hey) Baby baby try to find (hey hey hey)
Em
a little time and I'll make you mine (hey hey Hey)
Dm Bm G7
I'll be home I'll be beside the phone waiting for you oooh oooh
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go to chorus with
C G7 Am G
So build me up buttercup (build me up) buttercup don't break my heart
G G G G G D Am G Gm
I-I-I need you More then anyone darling you know that I have from the start
D Am G D
So build me up buttercup don't break my heart. fade
