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

INTRO: [A#] [Dm] [D#] [F] : [x2]

CHORUS 1:
Why do you [A#] build me up, [Dm] buttercup baby
Just to [D#] let me down, and [F] mess me around
And then [A#] worst of all, you [Dm] never call baby
When you [D#] say you will but [F] I love you still

CHORUS 2:
I need [A#] you more than [A#7] anyone darling
You [D#] know that I have from the [D#m] start
So [A#] build me up, build me up, [F] buttercup
Don't break my [D#] heart [/D#/D/C/A#] [F]

VERSE 1:
I'll be [A#] over at [F] ten you told me [Ab] time and [D#] again
But you're [A#] late I wait a-[D#]-round and then
I [A#] run to the [F] door I can't [Ab] take any [D#] more
It's not [A#] you you let me [D#] down again

PRE-CHORUS:
^[D#] Hey ^[A#/D] hey [Cm] hey baby baby [F] try to find
^[F] Hey ^[D#] hey [Dm] hey a little time and [G] I'll make you mine
^[G] Hey ^[F] hey [D#] 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:
[A#] You are my [F] toy but I [Ab] could be the [D#] boy
you [A#] adore, If you just [D#] let me know
[A#] Until you [F] do I'm [Ab] attracted to [D#] you
all the [A#] more, why do I [D#] need you so

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2: