Build Me Up Butercup keyboard

Build Me Up Butercup

• C

Intro (2x, first time sparse, just bass and tom-toms) 
C 	Em	F	G  
C 	Em	F	G 	G	(organ and piano) 

				C				Em 
Why do you 	build me up 	buttercup baby 
			F					G 
just to 	let me down and 	mess me around 
			C						Em 
and then 	worst of all you 	never call baby 
			F						G 
when you 	say you will 	But 	I love you still 
			C					Bb 
I need 	you more than 	anyone darling 
		F								D 
You 	know that I have from the 	start 
		C				G 
So 	build me up, 	buttercup,  
						F Em D C  G 
don t break my heart 
(syncopated - don t play the F 
until after you ve sung  heart ) 

Verse I 
			C			G				 
I ll be 	over at 	ten you told me 
	Bb				F 
 	time and a-	gain 
				C					F 
But you re 	late I wait a-	round and then 
	C		G					Bb		F 
I 	run to the door I can t take anymore 
	C			F 
It s not you 	you let me 	down again 
   F	C    D			G 
(Hey Hey Hey) Baby baby 	try to find 
   G	A    Em						A 
(Hey Hey Hey) A little time and I ll make you mine 
   A	G   F				D 
(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home  
				G 
I ll be be-side the phone waiting for you 
(3 measures G) 

Chorus 

Verse II 
You are my toy but I could be the boy you adore 
if you just let me know 
Until you do I m attracted to you all the more 
why do I need you so 
Baby baby try to find 
A little time and I ll make you mine 
I ll be home I ll be beside the phone 
waiting for you (3 measures on G) 

Chorus  

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