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Build Me Up, Buttercup (Julia Nunes YouTube version)

Artist: The Foundations, this version performed by Julia Nunes on ukuleleGoChords.com

C
E7
F
Dm
Chorus

Why do you build me up, Buttercup, baby, just to let me down--and mess me around?

G7
C
E7
F
Dm

And then worst of all, you never call, baby, when you say you will---but I love you still.

G7
C
G7
C7
F
Fm

I need you more than anyone, darling. You know that I have from the start.

C
G
F
C

So build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart.

C
G
F
C
Dm
G7
Verse
A#

1) "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again. But you're late, I'm waiting 'round and then,

2) To you I'm a toy, but I could be the boy you adore, if you'd just let me know.

C
F
G
C
Dm
A#

1) I run to the door, I can't take any more. It's not you; you let me down again.

2) Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more. Why do you treat me so?

G7
Dm
G7
Em
A7
Bridge

Hey, hey, hey. Baby, baby, try to find. Hey, hey, hey. A little time, and I'll make you happy.

Dm
D7
G

I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you. OOooo, OOooo.

1st Ending

To Chorus after Bridge. Then Verse 2. Then Bridge.

Ending

Full Chorus. End with repeating the Chorus from, "I need you..."

This song was originally performed by The Foundations, but Julia Nunes made it popular on ukulele with a YouTube version of it that looks like it was filmed in her dorm room!
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