Biography:
The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of both West Indians and Caucasians, is best-remembered for their two biggest hits, Baby, Now That I've Found You (a No. 1 hit in the UK singles chart, and subsequently Top 10 in the US); and Build Me Up Buttercup (a chart topper in the Billboard Hot 100), co-written by Michael d'Abo, vocalist with Manfred Mann. They are also notable for being one of the few acts not on the Tamla Motown label to use successfully what became known as the Motown Sound.
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Intro - x2 -: C E7 F G
C E7
Why do you build me up - build me up - Buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down - let me down - and mess me around
C E7
And then worst of all - worst of all - you never call, baby
F G
When you say you will - say you will - but I love you still
C C7
I need you - I need you - more than anyone, darlin'
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up Buttercup,
F C
Don't break my heart
C G Bb F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
C F
But you're late, I wait around and then
C G Bb F
I went to the door, I can't take any more
C F
It's not you, you let me down again
F C Dm
- Hey, hey, hey! - Baby, baby, try to find
G Fm Em
- Hey, hey, hey! - a little time and I'll make you mine
F
I'll be home
Dm G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
C E7
Why do you build me up - build me up - Buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down - let me down - and mess me around
C E7
And then worst of all - worst of all - you never call, baby
F G
When you say you will - say you will - but I love you still
C C7
I need you - I need you - more than anyone, darlin'
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up - build me up - Buttercup,
F C
Don't break my heart
C G Bb F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
C F
Adore, if you'd just let me know
C G
Although you're untrue,
Bb F C
I'm attracted to you all the more
F
Why do I need you so
F C Dm
- Hey, hey, hey! - Baby, baby, try to find
G Fm Em
- Hey, hey, hey! - a little time and I'll make you mine
F
I'll be home
Dm G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
C E7
Why do you build me up - build me up - Buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down - let me down - and mess me around
C E7
And then worst of all - worst of all - you never call, baby
F G
When you say you will - say you will - but I love you still
C C7
I need you - I need you - more than anyone, darlin'
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up - build me up - Buttercup
F Bb G C
Don't break my heart
C E7
Why do you build me up - build me up - Buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down - let me down - and mess me around
C E7
And then worst of all - worst of all - you never call, baby
F G
When you say you will - say you will - but I love you still
C C7
I need you - I need you - more than anyone, darlin'
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up Buttercup,
F C
Don't break my heart
C G Bb F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
C F
But you're late, I wait around and then
C G Bb F
I went to the door, I can't take any more
C F
It's not you, you let me down again
F C Dm
- Hey, hey, hey! - Baby, baby, try to find
G Fm Em
- Hey, hey, hey! - a little time and I'll make you mine
F
I'll be home
Dm G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
C E7
Why do you build me up - build me up - Buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down - let me down - and mess me around
C E7
And then worst of all - worst of all - you never call, baby
F G
When you say you will - say you will - but I love you still
C C7
I need you - I need you - more than anyone, darlin'
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up - build me up - Buttercup,
F C
Don't break my heart
C G Bb F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
C F
Adore, if you'd just let me know
C G
Although you're untrue,
Bb F C
I'm attracted to you all the more
F
Why do I need you so
F C Dm
- Hey, hey, hey! - Baby, baby, try to find
G Fm Em
- Hey, hey, hey! - a little time and I'll make you mine
F
I'll be home
Dm G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
G G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
C E7
Why do you build me up - build me up - Buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down - let me down - and mess me around
C E7
And then worst of all - worst of all - you never call, baby
F G
When you say you will - say you will - but I love you still
C C7
I need you - I need you - more than anyone, darlin'
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up - build me up - Buttercup
F Bb G C
Don't break my heart
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