Build Me Up, Buttercup (The Foundations)

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

Chorus
		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				Dm
You 	know that I have from the 	start
	C		G			      F Em Dm C  G
So 	build me up, 	buttercup, don t break my heart

Verse I
	C	G		Bb		F
I ll be over at ten you told me 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				Dm
G
(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home I ll be be-side the phone waiting for
you (3measures 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

A terrific song with heartbreaking lyrics.
This is my very first posting of a tab, so be merciful (especially
about the lyrics)

tabbed by: kenkurson@aol.com 3/16/98