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Build Me Up Buttercup Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, 1968 Chords in this song: B b C E7 F G7 C7 Fm Dm Em A7 D7 G Intro: 4 beats per chord C E7 F G7 [repeat] 1 AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY Chorus G7 C Why do you build me up [build me

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 1

Build Me Up Buttercup

Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, 1968

Chords in this song: Intro: 4 beats per chord

C Dm E7 F G7 D7 A7 C7 Fm Bb Em C E7 F G7

[repeat]

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 2

Chorus

Why do you build me up [build me up] Buttercup, baby, Just to let me down [let me down] And mess me around?

C E7 G7 F G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 3

Chorus

And then worst of all [worst of all] You never call, baby When you say you will [say you will] But I love you still.

C E7 F G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 4

Chorus

I need you [I need you] More than anyone darlin', You know that I have from the start.

C F C7 Fm

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 5

Chorus

So build me up [build me up] Buttercup, don't break my heart.

C G7 F G7 C

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 6

Verse 1

"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 any more, It's not you, you let me down again.

C F Bb G C F C F Bb G C F

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 7

Bridge

[Hey, hey, hey!] Baby, baby, I'm tryin' to find [Hey, hey, hey!] A little time and I'll make you happy I'll be home, I'll be be-side the phone

[stop, mute strings and keep strumming]

Waiting for you, Ooo-oo-ooo, Ooo-oo-ooo...

A7 Dm D7 G7 F F G7 G7 Em F G G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 8

Chorus

Why do you build me up [build me up] Buttercup, baby, Just to let me down [let me down] And mess me around?

C E7 G7 F G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 9

Chorus

And then worst of all [worst of all] You never call, baby When you say you will [say you will] But I love you still.

C E7 F G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 10

Chorus

I need you [I need you] More than anyone darlin', You know that I have from the start.

C F C7 Fm

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 11

Chorus

So build me up [build me up] Buttercup, don't break my heart.

C G7 F G7 C

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 12

Verse 2

To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy You a-dore, if you'd just let me know Al-though you're un-true, I'm at-tracted to you All the more. Why do I need you so?

C F Bb G C F C F Bb G C F

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 13

Bridge

[Hey, hey, hey!] Baby, baby, I'm tryin' to find [Hey, hey, hey!] A little time and I'll make you happy I'll be home, I'll be be-side the phone

[stop, mute strings and keep strumming]

Waiting for you, Ooo-oo-ooo, Ooo-oo-ooo...

A7 Dm D7 G7 F F G7 G7 Em F G G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 14

Chorus

Why do you build me up [build me up] Buttercup, baby, Just to let me down [let me down] And mess me around?

C E7 G7 F G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 15

Chorus

And then worst of all [worst of all] You never call, baby When you say you will [say you will] But I love you still.

C E7 F G7

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 16

Chorus

I need you [I need you] More than anyone darlin', You know that I have from the start.

C F C7 Fm

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 17

Chorus

So build me up [build me up] Buttercup, don't break my heart.

C G7 F G7 C

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 18

Ending

I need you [I need you] More than anyone darlin', You know that I have from the start.

C F C7 Fm

Down strums

Resume strumming

V V V V V

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AUSTIN UKULELE SOCIETY 19

Ending

So build me up [build me up] [hold] Buttercup, don't break my heart. [end]

C G7 F C