Build Me Up Buttercup Ukulele chords by Cynthia Lin

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:

C   E7   F   G   x2


Chorus:

           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
    F                         Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C           G
So build me up Buttercup,
               F   F  C  Dm C  G
Don't break my heart

Verse:

          C       G                Bb       F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
             C          F
But you're late, I wait around and then
  C           G             Bb       F
I went to the door, I can't take any more
         C               F
It's not you, you let me down again


Bridge:

 F    F    Dm                G7
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G7   G7    Em                      Am
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
 Dm
 I'll be home
          D7                         G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G           G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo


Chorus:

           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
           F                  Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
               F     C  Dm C  G
Don't break my heart


Verse:

   C         G         Bb           F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
 C                    F
Adore, if you'd just let me know
   C            G
Although you're untrue,
    Bb           F           C
I'm attracted to you all the more
         F
Why do I need you so


Bridge:

 F    F    Dm                G7
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G7   G7    Em                      Am
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
 Dm
 I'll be home
          D7                         G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G           G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo


Chorus:

           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
        F                             G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
         C                           E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
         F                               G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
      F    F  F  F    F    F    Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
                 F  F  C  Dm C
Don't break my heart