[Intro - BPM 134] No snare - just bass drum following C E F G
[full drums - with riff keep as many fingers on fret and/or string as possible when transitioning] Csus4 E* F G (just bass drum now) E x-xx----1-0-x----1-1------3------------------- B 6-55----0-0-3----3-1------3----------------- G 5-55----1-1-1----2-2------0------------------ D 5-55----2-2-0----x-3------0------------------ A 3-33----2-2-2----3-3------2------------------ E --------0-0-0----1-1------33-33-33-33--"why do you ...." *Play 122 with 2nd, 4th and 3rd fingers so keep first finger free for 1st fret on high E then bring little finger across to play 3rd fret on B then can slide up the 2nd and 3rd fingers to play the F6 chord
[Chorus - keep bouncing going figure during G] [G] Why do you [C] build me up (build me up) [E7] Buttercup, baby Just to [F] let me down (let me down) and [G] mess me around And then [C] worst of all (worst of all) [E7] you never call, baby When you [F] say you will (say you will) but [G] I love you still I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You [F] know that I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up [G] Buttercup, Don't break my heart [F][Em] ([Dm][C]) [G][G][G]
[Verse] "I'll be o [C] ver at t [G] en," you told me [Bb] time and [F] again But you're la [C] te, I wait [F] around and then I [C] went to the [G] door, I can't [Bb] take any [F] more It's not [C] you, you let me [F] down again ( [F] Hey, [C] hey, [Dm] hey!) Baby, baby, try to find ( [G] Hey, [Fm] hey, [Em] hey!) A little time and I'll make you [A] hap [G] py [F] I'll be home I'll be [D7] beside the phone waiting for yo [G] u (just bass drum) O [G] oo-oo-ooo, o [G] oo-oo-ooo
[Chorus] Why do you [C] build me up (build me up) [E7] Buttercup, baby Just to [F] let me down (let me down) and [G] mess me around And then [C] worst of all (worst of all) [E7] you never call, baby When you [F] say you will (say you will) but [G] I love you still I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You know th [F] at I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up (build me up) [G] Buttercup, Don't break my heart [F][Em][Dm-C][G][G][G]
[Verse] To [C] you I'm a [G] toy but I [Bb] could be the [F] boy you A [C] dore, if you'd just l [F] et me know Alt [C] hough you're [G] untrue, I'm [Bb] attracted to [F] you all the [C] more Why do I [F] need you so ( [F] Hey, [C] hey, [Dm] hey!) Baby, baby, try to find ( [G] Hey, [Fm] hey, [Em] hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine [A][G] I [F] 'll be home I'll be [D7] beside the phone waiting for yo [G] u (just bass drum) O [G] oo-oo-ooo, [G] ooo-oo-ooo
[Chorus] Why do you [C] build me up (build me up) [E7] Buttercup, baby Just to [F] let me down (let me down) and [G] mess me around And then [C] worst of all (worst of all) [E7] you never call, baby When you [F] say you will (say you will) but [G] I love you still I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You know th [F] at I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up (build me up) [G] Buttercup Don't break my [Am] heart [G]I I I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You know th [F] at I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up (build me up) [G] Buttercup Don't break my heart [F][Em][Dm-C] [End]
Guitar part D-------3-------3----3 A-3-h-5---3-h-5---3h5-- X 2 (last 3h5 is faster) E---------------------
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] only true in [G] fairy tales Meant [G] for someone [D] else but not for me [G] [C] Love was out to [G] get me (hammer on G from 333333 to simulate vocals below) [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus - OPEN CHORDS] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in (Drum pattern B S x S) [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] more or less a [G] givin' thing [G] Seems the more I gave, [D] the less I got [G] [C] What's the use in [G] tryin'? [C] All you get is pain. [G] [C] When I needed [G] sunshine, I got [D7] rain.
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Vamp G to D] Simple G x x x D x x x - G x D x - G x D x - Repeat (More complex - GxGx xxFx DxDx DxFx Gxxx Dxxx Gxxx DxFx)
[Part of Verse] [C] Love was out to [G] get me [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Chorus - Higher vocal - repeat to fade] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C]
