Foundations, Build Me Up, Buttercup (1968)
Key: :[D] (w: Tony Macauley, Mike D'Abo)
INTRO: [D] [F#m] [G] [A] :
[x2]
CHORUS 1:
Why do you
[D] build me up,
[F#m] buttercup baby
Just to
[G] let me down, and
[A] mess me around
And then
[D] worst of all, you
[F#m] never call baby
When you
[G] say you will but
[A] I love you still
CHORUS 2:
I need
[D] you more than
[D7] anyone darling
You
[G] know that I have from the
[Gm] start
So
[D] build me up, build me up,
[A] buttercup
Don't break my
[G] heart
[/G/F#/E/D] [A]
VERSE 1:
I'll be
[D] over at
[A] ten you told me
[C] time and
[G] again
But you're
[D] late I wait a-
[G]-round and then
I
[D] run to the
[A] door I can't
[C] take any
[G] more
It's not
[D] you you let me
[G] down again
PRE-CHORUS:
^
[G] Hey ^
[D/F#] hey
[Em] hey baby baby
[A] try to find
^
[A] Hey ^
[G] hey
[F#m] hey a little time and
[B] I'll make you mine
^
[B] Hey ^
[A] hey
[G] hey I'll be home
I'll be be-
[E]-side the phone waiting for
[A open] you
[/A] Oooh
[/A/A],
[A] Oooh
[/A/A] [A]
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:
VERSE 2:
[D] You are my
[A] toy but I
[C] could be the
[G] boy
you
[D] adore, If you just
[G] let me know
[D] Until you
[A] do I'm
[C] attracted to
[G] you
all the
[D] more, why do I
[G] need you so
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2: 