"Build Me Up Buttercup" on ukulele by The Foundations • UkuTabs

Artist	The Foundations
Album	Baby Now That I've Found You
Genre(s)	60s • motown • oldies • pop • soul
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Intro:
   C E F G
   C E7 F G
 
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, darlin' 
    F                         Fm
You know that I have from the start 
   C           G
So build me up Buttercup, 
               F   C G C
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          C       G                Bb       F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             C          F
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  C           G             Bb       F
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         C               F
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 F    C    Dm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 G    Fm   Em
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 F
I'll be home 
        D7                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 G          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, darlin'
           F                  Fm
You know that I have from the start 
   C                         G
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               F    C G C
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   C         G         Bb           F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 C                    F
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   C            G
Although you're untrue, 
    Bb           F           C
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         F
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 F    C    Dm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 G    Fm   Em
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 F
I'll be home 
        D7                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 G          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, darlin'
           F                  Fm
You know that I have from the start 
   C                         G
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               F    Bb G C
Don't break my heart

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Aniqa

5 months ago

i wanted to learn this after hearing Tyler Joseph singing it. Just sounded so beautiful

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Reply to Aniqa

3 months ago

me too!!!

yazoo

5 months ago

house of gold behind the scenes whos with me

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Reply to yazoo

3 months ago

ahahah YESSSS

Rees

Reply to yazoo

3 months ago

YES

sama-lama

Reply to yazoo

23 days ago

What’s house of gold?

21aliens21

Reply to sama-lama

21 days ago

it’s a song by a band called twentyonepilots

Natalie

10 months ago

(dm)baby baby, (G)try to find. (Em)A little time and (A7)I”ll make you mine. (F)I’ll be home. i’ll be (D7)beside the phone waiting for (G)you.
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

This how I play the pre-chorus and i think it sounds much better

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Shira

Reply to Natalie

1 month ago

Actually I think
(G) I’ll be beside the phone (D7) waiting for you oooh-ooh..etc.
Sounds better but thats only my opinion

Olive

7 months ago

It really doesn’t matter where you heard it, it’s a beautiful song

cuddles

4 months ago

is anyone here from chloe moriondo’s video???

human.

Reply to cuddles

4 months ago

me!

Glass of apple juice

Reply to cuddles

3 months ago

me too :)

tears of lemonade~

Reply to cuddles

3 months ago

me too :)))

Allyrora77

8 months ago

Instead of Dm at “I’ll be beside the phone”, (2-0-2-0) (dunno chord name) sounds better :)

Jean

Reply to Allyrora77

5 months ago

Em7 :)

Rob

Reply to Allyrora77

5 months ago

It’s the alternative D7. See Natalie’s comment above.

Jannelle

Reply to Allyrora77

1 day ago

Im a newbie. What stings should I pluck in cgea to do the 2020?

Grace

7 months ago

My strumming pattern is ddudu

Alex

Reply to Grace

5 months ago

Sameeee

Kylie

Reply to Grace

5 months ago

Mine is slightly different
dduudu

Yurt

Reply to Kylie

5 months ago

When in doubt use this pattern

Kageyama's Wife

Reply to Yurt

1 month ago

LMAO SAMEEEE

ethan voorheez

Reply to Yurt

1 month ago

RIGHTTT

Shira

Reply to Kylie

1 month ago

Whoa* that really works

Editha Satsat

7 months ago

Strumming pattern i use: D-U-x-U

Any alternatives for Fm?

emu child

Reply to Editha Satsat

4 months ago

well there’ s not a huge difference if you just play an F with your ring finger on the 3rd fret bottom string, thats how i play it

Kenz

Reply to emu child

4 months ago

2-0-1-3 does sound a bit brighter i’d say but it sounds nice :)

Eleanor

2 months ago

On the “don’t break my heart” it sounds SO MUCH better to play F C G7 C. Replacing the G with G7 just fills it out.

i dont have a name

7 months ago

if I’m being personally honest i like this strumming pattern for this D tap U U tap

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The Foundations The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of both West Indians and Caucasians, is best-remembered for their two biggest hits, Baby, Now That I've Found You (a No. 1 hit in the UK singles chart, and subsequently Top 10 in the US); and Build Me Up Buttercup (a chart topper in the Billboard Hot 100), co-written by Michael d'Abo, vocalist with Manfred Mann. They are also notable for being one of the few acts not on the Tamla Motown label to use successfully what became known as the Motown Sound.
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