Foundations, Build Me Up, Buttercup (1968)
^{Key: :[C] (w: Tony Macauley, Mike D'Abo)}

INTRO: [C] [Em] [F] [G] : [x2]

CHORUS 1:
Why do you [C] build me up, [Em] buttercup baby
Just to [F] let me down, and [G] mess me around
And then [C] worst of all, you [Em] never call baby
When you [F] say you will but [G] I love you still

CHORUS 2:
I need [C] you more than [C7] anyone darling
You [F] know that I have from the [Fm] start
So [C] build me up, build me up, [G] buttercup
Don't break my [F] heart [/F/E/D/C] [G]

VERSE 1:
I'll be [C] over at [G] ten you told me [Bb] time and [F] again
But you're [C] late I wait a-[F]-round and then
I [C] run to the [G] door I can't [Bb] take any [F] more
It's not [C] you you let me [F] down again

PRE-CHORUS:
^[F] Hey ^[C/E] hey [Dm] hey baby baby [G] try to find
^[G] Hey ^[F] hey [Em] hey a little time and [A] I'll make you mine
^[A] Hey ^[G] hey [F] hey I'll be home
I'll be be-[D]-side the phone waiting for [G open] you
[/G] Oooh [/G/G], [G] Oooh [/G/G] [G]

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:

VERSE 2:
[C] You are my [G] toy but I [Bb] could be the [F] boy
you [C] adore, If you just [F] let me know
[C] Until you [G] do I'm [Bb] attracted to [F] you
all the [C] more, why do I [F] need you so

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2: