Build Me Up Buttercup Chords
Build Me Up Buttercup by Foundations, The is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, E7, F, C7, Fm, Em, Dm, Bb, A, D7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G 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 Em Dm C G
Don't break my heart
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
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
A G F
I'll be home
D7 G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
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 Em Dm C G
Don't break my heart
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
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
A G F
I'll be home
D7 G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
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
Am
Don't break my heart