Foundations (The)-Build Me Up Buttercup - BPM - 120
Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [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, [C] 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, [C] you let me [F] down again
(*hey hey bit is CCD as notes) ( [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, [C] if you'd just l [F] let me know Al [C] though you're [G] untrue, I'm [Bb] attracted to [F] you all the [C] more [C] 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 [F] that 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 [F] that 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]
[Intro - no drums - starting note is open B of G chord] We [G] come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did [D] roam [Dsus4][D] Drinking all [G] night [G7] Got into a [C] fight [Am] Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I want to go [G] home (drums in)
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore Let me go [D] home, let me go [G] home [G7] I wanna go [C] home, yeah [Am] yeah Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I wanna go [G] home
The [G] first mate he got drunk
And broke in the capn's trunk The constable had to come and take him a [D] way [Dsus4][D] Sheriff John [G] Stone [G7] Why don't you leave me a [C] lone, yeah [Am] yeah Well I [G] feel so broke up I [D] wanna go [G] home
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail (host up the John B)
See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
Call for the captain ashore Let me go [D] home, let me go [D] home I wanna go [G] home, let me go home, why don't you let me go [C] home?
Hoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I wanna go [G] home
The [G] poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits And then he took and he ate up all of my [D] corn [Dsus4][D] Let me go [G] home [G7] Why don't they let me go [C] home [Am] This [G] is the worst trip [D] I've ever been [G] on
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail (host up the John B)
See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
Call for the captain ashore Let me go [D] home, let me go [G] home [G7] I wanna go [C] home, yeah [Am] yeah Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I wanna go [G] home
