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The FOUNDATIONS - BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP (DIABO/MACAULAY)
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Tabbed by:PJVillanueva
Intro C E F G
Chorus
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down)and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
don't break my heart
Verse
"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But you're late, I'm waitin' 'round and then (bah-dah-dah)
I run to the store, I can't take any more
without you, you let me down again
Middle eight
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooo-oo-ooo
CHORUS
Verse
You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know (bah-dah-dah)
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do you treat me so
Middle eight
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooo-oo-ooo
CHORUS
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down)and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
Build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart
I-I-I need you-oo-oo more than anyone, baby
You know that I have from the start
Build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart
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Why do you build
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me up bu..ttercup baby just to
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let me down and mess me around and the worst
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of all you never call baby when you
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say you will but I love you still I need you
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more than a....nyone darling you
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know that I have from the start build
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me up bu..ttercup don't break my
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heart I'll be o..
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...ver at ten you told me time and a...gain but you're la.
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..te I wait around and then I
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run to the door I can't take any more it's not you
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you let me down again
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baby baby try to find
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a little time and I'll make you happy I'll
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be home I'll be beside the phone waitin' for
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you
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why do you build
Last Chorus
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me up Bu....ttercup ba....by just to
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let me down and mess me a round and the worst
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of all you never call ba...by when you
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say you will but I love you still I need you
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more than a......nyone ba...by you
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know that I have from the start build
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me up Bu...ttercup don't break my
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heart I ...I ...I need you
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more than a....nyone baby you
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know that I have from the start build
Fade.................
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me up bu..ttercup don't break my
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