Foundations, Build Me Up, Buttercup (1968)
Key: :[B] (w: Tony Macauley, Mike D'Abo)
INTRO: [B] [D#m] [E] [F#] :
[x2]
CHORUS 1:
Why do you
[B] build me up,
[D#m] buttercup baby
Just to
[E] let me down, and
[F#] mess me around
And then
[B] worst of all, you
[D#m] never call baby
When you
[E] say you will but
[F#] I love you still
CHORUS 2:
I need
[B] you more than
[B7] anyone darling
You
[E] know that I have from the
[Em] start
So
[B] build me up, build me up,
[F#] buttercup
Don't break my
[E] heart
[/E/D#/C#/B] [F#]
VERSE 1:
I'll be
[B] over at
[F#] ten you told me
[A] time and
[E] again
But you're
[B] late I wait a-
[E]-round and then
I
[B] run to the
[F#] door I can't
[A] take any
[E] more
It's not
[B] you you let me
[E] down again
PRE-CHORUS:
^
[E] Hey ^
[B/D#] hey
[C#m] hey baby baby
[F#] try to find
^
[F#] Hey ^
[E] hey
[D#m] hey a little time and
[G#] I'll make you mine
^
[G#] Hey ^
[F#] hey
[E] hey I'll be home
I'll be be-
[C#]-side the phone waiting for
[F# open] you
[/F#] Oooh
[/F#/F#],
[F#] Oooh
[/F#/F#] [F#]
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:
VERSE 2:
[B] You are my
[F#] toy but I
[A] could be the
[E] boy
you
[B] adore, If you just
[E] let me know
[B] Until you
[F#] do I'm
[A] attracted to
[E] you
all the
[B] more, why do I
[E] need you so
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2: 