Build Me Up Buttercup Ukulele Chords
by Dodie Clark
Build Me Up Buttercup Ukulele by Dodie Clark is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, E7, F, Dm, C7, Fm, G, Bb, G7, Em, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F Dm
Just to let me down… and mess me around?
C E7
And then worst of all, you never call baby
F Dm
When you say you will, but I love you still
C C7
I need you… more than anyone, darling
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G F C *
So build me up, Buttercup, don’t break my heart
Verse
C G Bb F
“I’ll be over at ten”, you tell me time and again
C Dm
But you’re late, I’m waiting round and then
C G Bb F
I go to the door, I can’t take it anymore
C Dm
It’s not you, you let me down again
Pre-Chorus
G7 Dm
Baby, baby - try to find
Em A7
A little time, and I’ll make you happy
Dm D7 G
I’ll be home, I’ll be beside the phone, waiting for you
G
Ooo-oo-oo-ooo Ooo-oo-oo-ooo
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F Dm
Just to let me down… and mess me around?
C E7
And then worst of all, you never call baby
F Dm
When you say you will, but I love you still
C C7
I need you… more than anyone, darling
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G F C *
So build me up, Buttercup, don’t break my heart
Verse
C G Bb F
To you I’m a toy, but I could be the boy
C Dm
You adore, if you’d just let me know
C G Bb F
Although you’re untrue, I’m attracted to you
C Dm
All the more… Why do you treat me so?
Pre-Chorus
G7 Dm
Baby, baby - try to find
Em A7
A little time, and I’ll make you happy
Dm D7 G
I’ll be home, I’ll be beside the phone, waiting for you
G
Ooo-oo-oo-ooo Ooo-oo-oo-ooo
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F Dm
Just to let me down… and mess me around?
C E7
And then worst of all, you never call baby
F Dm
When you say you will, but I love you still
C C7
I need you… more than anyone, darling
F * Fm *
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up, Buttercup
F Fm
don’t break my heart
C *
don’t break my heart