Foundations, Build Me Up, Buttercup (1968)
^{Key: :[B] (w: Tony Macauley, Mike D'Abo)}

INTRO: [B] [Ebm] [E] [Gb] : [x2]

CHORUS 1:
Why do you [B] build me up, [Ebm] buttercup baby
Just to [E] let me down, and [Gb] mess me around
And then [B] worst of all, you [Ebm] never call baby
When you [E] say you will but [Gb] 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, [Gb] buttercup
Don't break my [E] heart [/E/Eb/Db/B] [Gb]

VERSE 1:
I'll be [B] over at [Gb] 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 [Gb] 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/Eb] hey [Dbm] hey baby baby [Gb] try to find
^[Gb] Hey ^[E] hey [Ebm] hey a little time and [Ab] I'll make you mine
^[Ab] Hey ^[Gb] hey [E] hey I'll be home
I'll be be-[Db]-side the phone waiting for [Gb open] you
[/Gb] Oooh [/Gb/Gb], [Gb] Oooh [/Gb/Gb] [Gb]

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:

VERSE 2:
[B] You are my [Gb] toy but I [A] could be the [E] boy
you [B] adore, If you just [E] let me know
[B] Until you [Gb] 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: