Temptations
Build Me Up Buttercup
Tuning: Standard
Transcribed by Soch Hean
Piano Intro:
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Chorus:
C E 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 E 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 Bb
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
F
You know that I have from the start
C G F G
So build me up (Build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/temptations/build_me_up_buttercup_tab.html ]
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 (Bah-dah-dah)
C G Bb F
I run to the door, I can't take any more
C F
It's not you, you let me down again
Bridge:
Dm G
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
Em7 A
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
D7 G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
[Chorus]
Verse 2:
C G Bb F C
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you adore
F
If you'd just let me know (Bah-dah-dah)
C G Bb F C
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
F
Why do I need you so
Bridge:
Dm G
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
Em7 A
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
D7 G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
[Chorus]
D C
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
G
You know that I have from the start
[Fade out]
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320033
E: 022100
E7: 022130
F: 133211
Bb: x1333x
Dm: xx0231
Em7: 022033
A: x02220
D7: xx0212
D: xx0232
