Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations, guitar chords

Published: 2024-09-03 15:04
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

Intro: C E7 F G x2

Chorus:
           C                         E7
Why Do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlinʼ
    F                         Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C           G
So build me up Buttercup,
               F   C G C
Donʼt break my heart

Verse:
          C       G                Bb        F
"Iʼll be over at ten," you told me time and again
             C           F
But youʼre late, I wait around and then
  C           G             Bb       F
I went to the door, I canʼt take any more
         C               F
Itʼs not you, you let me down again

Pre-chorus:
 F    C    Dm                G
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fm   Em                      A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and Iʼll make you happy
 F
Iʼll be home
          D7                          G
Iʼll be beside the phone waiting for you
 G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Chorus:

           C                         E7
Why Do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlinʼ
    F                         Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
               F    C G C
Donʼt break my heart

Verse:
   C         G         Bb           F
To you Iʼm a toy but I could be the boy you
 C                    F
Adore, if youʼd just let me know
   C              G
Although youʼre untrue,
      Bb         F           C
Iʼm attracted to you all the more
         F
Why Do I need you so

Pre-chorus:
 F    C    Dm                G
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fm   Em                      A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and Iʼll make you happy
 F
Iʼll be home
          D7                          G
Iʼll be beside the phone waiting for you
 G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Chorus:
           C                         E7
Why Do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlinʼ
           F                  Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
               A7
Donʼt break my heart

       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
    F                         Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup