Build Me Up Buttercup Ukulele Chords
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This is based off of Dodie Clark's third cover of the song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfAqkPEBtI) and is meant to sound sadder compared to the original song. The choruses are slower than the verses.
Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | G C E A |
Key: | C |
Capo: | no capo |
Author llions.and.llamas124 [a] 173. 3 contributors total, last edit on Aug 26, 2020
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[Chorus]
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F G7
Just to let me down… and mess me around?
C E7
And then worst of all, you never call baby
F G7
When you say you will, but I love you still
C C7
I need you… more than anyone, darling
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G F C G
So build me up, Buttercup, don’t break my heart
[Verse]
C G Bb F
“I’ll be over at ten”, you tell me time and again
C F
But you’re late, I’m waiting round and then
C G Bb F
I go to the door, I can’t take it anymore
C F
It’s not you, you let me down again
G7 Dm
Hey hey hey
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm G
Baby, baby - try to find
Em A7
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
G G7
Ooo-oo-oo-ooo Ooo-oo-oo-ooo
[Chorus]
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F G7
Just to let me down… and mess me around?
C E7
And then worst of all, you never call baby
F G7
When you say you will, but I love you still
C C7
I need you… more than anyone, darling
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G F C G
So build me up, Buttercup, don’t break my heart
[Verse]
C G Bb F
To you I’m a toy, but I could be the boy
C Dm
You adore, if you’d just let me know
C G Bb F
Although you’re untrue, I’m attracted to you
C F
All the more… Why do I need you so?
G7 Dm
Hey hey hey
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm G
Baby, baby - try to find
Em A7
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
G G7
Ooo-oo-oo-ooo Ooo-oo-oo-ooo
[Chorus]
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F G7
Just to let me down… and mess me around?
C E7
And then worst of all, you never call baby
F G7
When you say you will, but I love you still
C C7
I need you… more than anyone, darling
F* Fm*
You know that I have from the start
C* G*
So build me up, Buttercup
F Fm
don’t break my heart
C*
don’t break my heart
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Build Me Up Buttercup – dodie
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15 comments

I think the Dm should be a G for the chorus
+7

dodie is my life
+7

If you want to get the exact same sound as her bar the fourth fret and put your pinkie on the A string 7th fret for E7.
+1
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