Build Me Up, Buttercup
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Lyrics
(G11)Why (G9sus)do (G13)you (C)build me up (build me up),
buttercup, baby, just to (F)let me down (let me down) and (G11)mess me around,
and then worst of all (worst of all) you (E7)never call,
baby, when you (F)say you will (say you will) but (G11)I love you still;
I need you (I need you) more than anyone,
darling, you (F)know that I have from the (Fm)(Fm6)start.
So (C)build me up (build me up),
buttercup, don't break my (F)heart.
(G)I'll be (C)over at (G)ten, you tell me (Bb)time and (F)again but you're late,
I wait (Dm)around and then:
(G7)I (C)run to the (G)door, I can't take (F)anymore,
it's not you,
you let me (Dm)down again.
(Dm)Baby, baby, try to (G7)find
(Dm)a little time and (A7)I'll make you (Dm)(A7)happy,
(Dm)I'll be home, I'll be (D7)beside the phone waiting for (G)you.
(Gsus)Oo. (G13)(G9sus)Oo.
(G11)Why (G9sus)do (G13)you (C)build me up (build me up),
buttercup, baby, just to (F)let me down (let me down) and (G11)mess me around,
and then worst of all (worst of all) you (E7)never call,
baby, when you (F)say you will (say you will) but (G11)I love you still;
I need you (I need you) more than anyone,
darling, you (F)know that I have from the (Fm)(Fm6)start.
So (C)build me up (build me up),
buttercup, don't break my (F)heart.
(G)I'll To (C)you I'm a (G)toy but I could (Bb)time be the (F)boy you adore.
If you just (Dm)let me know:
(G7)and (C)though you're (G)untrue I'm attracted to (F)you all the more.
Why do I (Dm)need you (C)so?
(Dm)Baby, baby, try to (G7)(Dm)find
a little time and (A7)I'll make you (Dm)(A7)happy,
(Dm)I'll be home,
I'll be (D7)beside the phone waiting for (G)you.
(Gsus)Oo. (G13)(G9sus)Oo.
(G11)Why (G9sus)do (G13)you
(F)Don't (C)break (Dm7)my (C)heart.
Song info
Build Me Up, Buttercup by The Foundations is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of C at 142 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 142 BPM
- Chords
- A7 Bb C C7 D7 Dm Dm7 Dm9
- Artist
- The Foundations
- Genre
- Pop
- Style
- Pop rock
- Mood
- Sad