Build Me Up Buttercup Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | C |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author SmoABSOLUTE [a] 93. 3 contributors total, last edit on May 23, 2022
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[Intro]
C E F G
C E F G
G 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,
(wait a beat) F Em Dm C G
Don't break my heart
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
F C Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
G Fm Em
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
A G F
I'll be home
D7 G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
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,
(wait a beat) F Em Dm C G
Don't break my heart
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
F C Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
G Fm Em
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
A G F
I'll be home
D7 G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
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
A
Don't break my heart
A D D/C
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
G Gm
You know that I have from the start
D A
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
G F#m Em D
Don't break my heart
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I love this arrangement. This is my girlfriend's fav song
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For the change of key at the end.
Try this..
[A7/9 @5] I - I - I - I need
[D] you
then carry on in the key of D
F# G6 Gm6
D A
G F#m Em D
* Play a bar A7 at the 5th fret,add the 9 with the little pinky finger on the 1st string,7th fret,adding a high 'b' on to the A7 chord
( 5 7 5 6 5 7 )
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Yea I like this version better too. In the beginning melody, why do you build me up, BUTTercup baby just to.... that last part is sung over an E7, but the part in caps (in the melody) is an F, which would temporarily make the guitar chord an E7b9, if you wanna throw in that f to match the melody. Just play a regular E7 at the nut, but bar with the finger that's holding down the G# (1st fret, g string), so you can also get the first fret high e (making it the f, the b9 desired). E7 sounds great though too, just fyi. (020131)
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