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Build Me Up Buttercup Chords & Tabs

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Build Me Up Buttercup Chords

   
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From: Kenkurson 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 09:38:54 EST
Subject: f/foundations/build_me_up_buttercup.crd 

Build Me Up, Buttercup
By The Foundations

Intro (2x, first time sparse, just bass and tom-toms)
C 	Em	F	G 
C 	Em	F	G 	G	(organ and piano)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/foundations/build_me_up_buttercup_crd.html ]
Chorus
				C				Em
Why do you 	build me up 	buttercup baby
			F					G
just to 	let me down and 	mess me around
			C						Em
and then 	worst of all you 	never call baby
			F						G
when you 	say you will 	But 	I love you still
			C					Bb
I need 	you more than 	anyone darling
		F								D
You 	know that I have from the 	start
		C				G
So 	build me up, 	buttercup, 
						FEmDC  G
don t break my heart
(syncopated - don t play the F
until after you ve sung  heart )

Verse I
			C			G				
I ll be 	over at 	ten you told me
	Bb				F
 	time and a-	gain
				C					F
But you re 	late I wait a-	round and then
	C		G					Bb		F
I 	run to the door I can t take anymore
	C			F
It s not you 	you let me 	down again
   F	C    D			G
(Hey Hey Hey) Baby baby 	try to find
   G	A    Em						A
(Hey Hey Hey) A little time and I ll make you mine
   A	G   F				D
(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home 
				G
I ll be be-side the phone waiting for you
(3 measures G)

Chorus

Verse II
You are my toy but I could be the boy you adore
if you just let me know
Until you do I m attracted to you all the more
why do I need you so
Baby baby try to find
A little time and I ll make you mine
I ll be home I ll be beside the phone
waiting for you (3 measures on G)

Chorus

A terrific song with heartbreaking lyrics. 
This is my very first posting of a tab,
so be merciful (especially about the lyrics)
kenkurson@aol.com