THE TEMPTATIONS
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
TABBED BY: Tic Tac Tom
Because the other version wasn't accurate at all... The slash chords are optional
ie C/Bb can be played as C7 etc.
Enjoy!
INTRO:
C E7 F F/G
C E7 F G G
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
And then worst of all (worst of all),
E7 F
You never call baby when you say you will (say you will)
G C C/Bb
But I love you still, I need you (I need you) more than anyone darling,
F Fm C G
You know that I have from the start, so build me up (build me up) buttercup
F Am7/E C/D C G
Dont break my heart
C G Bb F C
Ill be over at ten you told me time and again, but youre late,
F C G Bb F
I wait around and then, I run to the door, I cant take anymore
C F F F/E Dm
Its not you, you let me down again (hey, hey, hey)
Dm G (notes D D#) Em Am7
Baby, baby, I try to find (hey, hey, hey) a little time and Ill make you
C/D C/E
mine
F D/F# G
Ill be home; Ill be beside the phone waitin for you (OOooo, OOooo)
Key change -
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
And then worst of all (worst of all),
E7 F
You never call baby when you say you will (say you will)
G C C/Bb
But I love you still, I need you (I need you) more than anyone darling,
F Fm C G
You know that I have from the start, so build me up (build me up) buttercup
Am
Dont break my heart
A7 D D/C
I I I I I need you (I need you) more than anyone darling,
G Gm D A
You know that I have from the start, so build me up (build me up) buttercup
D
Dont break my heart
