The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Originally in C, I play in G.
GBCDx2
Vox on 1 6 5 of the key (4 2 1 of the chord)
on “why do you”.
DWhy do you buGild me up BButtercup, baby
Just to lCet me down and mDess me around
And then woGrst of all you Bnever call, baby
When you sCay you will but DI love you still
I need yGou more than aG7/Fnyone, darling
You kC/Enow that I have from the Cm/D#start
So bGuild me up bDuttercup, don’t break my Cheart
The first chord here is just one beat
GD
I’ll be oGver at tDen, you told me Ftime and Cagain
But you’re lGate, I wait arCound and then
I rGun to the dDoor, I can’t tFake any Cmore
It’s not yGou, you let me dCown again
CHey, C/Bhey, Amhey!
Vox on the third of the chord on “baby baby”
Baby, baby, tDry to find
DHey, D/Chey, Bmhey!
BmA little time, and IE‘ll make you happy E/D
CI’ll be home
I’ll be A7beside the phone waiting for Dyou-oo-hoo, you-oo-hoo
DWhy do you buGild me up BButtercup, baby
Just to lCet me down and mDess me around
And then woGrst of all you Bnever call, baby
When you sCay you will but DI love you still
I need yGou more than aG7/Fnyone, darlin’g
You kC/Enow that I have from the Cm/D#start
So bGuild me up BDuttercup, don’t break my Cheart
The first chord here is just one beat
GD
To yGou I’m a tDoy but I coFuld be the bCoy you aGdore
If you’d just lCet me know
GAlthough you’re untDrue, I’m attrFacted to yCou all the mGore
Why do you trCreat me so?
CHey, C/Bhey, Amhey!
Baby, baby, tDry to find
DHey, D/Chey, Bmhey!
BmA little time, and IE‘ll make you happy
CI’ll be home
I’ll be beA7side the phone waiting for Dyou-oo-hoo, you-oo-hoo
DWhy do you buGild me up BButtercup, baby
Just to lCet me down and mDess me around
And then woGrst of all you Bnever call, baby
When you sCay you will but DI love you still
I need yGou more than aG7/Fnyone, darlin’
You kC/Enow that I have from the Cm/D#start
Watch for the key change coming up here...
So bGuild me up BDuttercup, don’t break my Eheart
Fades out here, I do a quiet live fade...
I need yAou more than aA7/Gnyone, darlin’
You kD/F#now that I have from the Dm/Fstart
So bAuild me up BEuttercup, don’t break my Dheart
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