Frank Turner – Build Me Up Buttercup (Ukulele)

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Full credit should go to JamieParkinson for such great work on the original tab. I just super-simplified it into chords so I hope I did their tab justice. Enjoy. Intro: (2x) C G Chorus:

                   C                E7                      F                         G7 
Why do you build me up Buttercup baby just to let me down and mess me around 

                  C                     E7                            F                  G7 
And then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will but I love you still 

            C                       E7                      F                        Fm6/D 
I need you more than anyone darlin', you know that I have from the start 

      C                  G                                F          C      
So build me up Buttercup. Don't break my heart

Verse:

            C          G                    Bb              F                 C               F 
I'll be over at ten, you tell me time and again but you're late. I wait around and then

  C                G             Bb                      F                  C                F 
I went to the door and I can't take no more but it's not you. You let me down again

Pre-chorus:

Dm                    G               E7            Am        
Baby Baby try to find a little time and I'll make you happy 

F                               D/F#                           G                G7
I'll be home waiting beside the phone waiting for you.

Chorus:

                       C                E7                       F                         G7 
Why do you build me up Buttercup baby just to let me down and mess me around 

                   C                   E7                         F                       G7 
And then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will but I love you still 

            C                       E7                      F                                Fm6/D 
I need you more than anyone darlin', you know that I have from the start 

      C                  G                             F          C      
So build me up Buttercup. Don't break my heart

Verse:

       C          G             Bb              F         C                        F 
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you adore, if you'd just let me know

    C                   G                Bb          F             C                     F 
Although you're untrue I'm attracted to you all the more. Why do I need you so?

Pre-chorus:

Dm            G               E7                 Am        
Baby Baby try to find a little time and I'll make you happy 

F                             D/F#                                     G                G7
I'll be home waiting beside the phone waiting for you.   Ohhhhhh

Chorus:

                   C                E7                       F                         G7 
Why do you build me up Buttercup baby just to let me down and mess me around 

               C                       E7                          F                       G7 
And then worst of all you never call baby when you say you will but I love you still 

         C                       E7                   F                                Fm6/D 
I need you more than anyone darlin', you know that I have from the start 

      C               G                               F          C      
So build me up Buttercup. Don't break my heart

Chords: (The more obscure shapes in the chorus) E7 x20100 G7 x20001 Fm6/D xx0111 G 3x0003