Build Me Up, Buttercup

By The Foundations

Intro (2x, first time sparse, just bass and tom-toms)

C Em F G G (organ and piano)

Why do you build me up buttercup baby

just to let me down and mess me around

and then worst of all you never call baby

when you say you will But I love you still

I need you more than anyone darling

You know that I have from the start

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

I ll be over at ten you told me

time and a- gain

But you re late I wait a- round and then

I run to the door I can t take anymore

It s not you you let me down again

(Hey Hey Hey) Baby baby try to find

(Hey Hey Hey) A little time and I ll make you mine

(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home

I ll be be-side the phone waiting for you

(3 measures G)

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)

A terrific song with heartbreaking lyrics.

This is my very first posting of a tab,

so be merciful (especially about the lyrics)

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