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Build Me up Buttercup

 Complimentary "Build Me up Buttercup" Ringtone 

om: Kenkurson 

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)

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, don't break my heart.
F Em D C  G
(syncopated - don't play the F until after you've sung "heart" )


Verse I
	C	G		Bb	   F
I'll be over at ten you told me 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
(Hey Hey Hey) I'll be home,
	   D		  	      G
I'll be be-side the phone waiting for you.
(3 measures G)
Oooh Oooh, Oooh Oooh



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.
(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 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)
kenkurson@aol.com