Foundations (The)-Build Me Up Buttercup - BPM - 119
[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
(*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, 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 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 - Just bass drum] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] Have you heard a- [D] bout the new dance [C] craze? [Am7] Listen to us, I'm [D] sure you'll be a- [C] mazed [Am7] Big fun to be [D] had by every- [C] one [Am7] It's up to you, it [D] surely can be [C] done [Am7] Young and old are [D] doing it, I'm [C] told [Am7] Just one try, and [D] you too will be [C] sold [Am7] It's called Le Freak! They're [D] doing it night and [C] day [Am7] Allow us, we'll [D] show you the way
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we're free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Solo - Full drums] [Am7] Now freak! -- [D] ------ [Am7] -------- [D] ------- [Am7] ---------- [D] ------- [Am7] ----------------- [D] ----- I said [Am7] freak!---- [D] -------- [Am7] -------- [D] ------------------------------------------ [Am7] Now freak!----- [D] ---------- [Am7] ------------ [D] -----------------------------------
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums?] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Outro] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
