• Song:

    Build Me Up Buttercup

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

In the verse and chorus, play with the same picking pattern as the first bar unless
indicated otherwise. The one part which isn't 100% true to the recording is that the
low F in the 2nd bar of the verse is actually played an 8ve above that in the 1st
verse, but I prefer the sound of the low F.

INTRO

  C                           G
e|-----------0----------|    |--------| (I sometimes play the natural 15ve
B|-----1-----------1----|    |-0====--|  harmonics at the 5th fret for the
G|---0---0-------0------| x4 |-0====--|  second half of this last bar)
D|---------2---2-----2--|    |--------|
A|-3--------------------|    |--------|
E|----------------------|    |--------|

CHORUS

  C                      E7        F         G7
e|-----------0----------|----0----|----1----|----1----|
B|-----1-----------1----|----0----|----1----|----0----|
G|---0---0-------0------|----1----|----2----|----0----| x2
D|---------2---2-----2--|----0----|----3----|----0----|
A|-3--------------------|----2----|----3----|----2----|
E|----------------------|---------|---------|---------|

 C         E7        F         Fm6/D     C         G         F          C     
|----0----|----0----|----1----|----1----|----0----|----3----|------------------------|-----------0|
|----1----|----3----|----1----|----1----|----1----|----0----|-----1----------1-----1-|-----1------|
|----0----|----1----|----2----|----1----|----0----|----0----|---2---2------0-----0---|---0---0----|
|----2----|----0----|----3----|----0----|----2----|----0----|-3-------3--2-----0-----|---------2--|
|----3----|----2----|----0----|---------|----3----|---------|------------------------|-3----------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----3----|------------------------|------------|

VERSE

  C          G           Bb         F           C         F
e|----------------------|----------------------|----0----|----1----|
B|-----1----------0-----|-----3----------1-----|----1----|----1----|
G|---0---0------0---0---|---3---3------2---2---|----0----|----2----| x2
D|---------2----------0-|---------3----------3-|----2----|----3----|
A|-3--------------------|-1--------------------|----3----|----3----|
E|------------3---------|------------1---------|---------|---------|

PRE-CHORUS

  Dm        G         E7        Am        F         D/F#      G                G7
e|----1----|----3----|----0----|----0----|----1----|----2----|----3----|------|----1----|--1====--|
B|----3----|----0----|----0----|----1----|----1----|----3----|----0----|------|----0----|--0====--|
G|----2----|----0----|----1----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----0----|--//--|----0----|--0====--|
D|----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----|----3----|----0----|----0----|--//--|----0----|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|----0----|----3----|----0----|---------|------|---------|---------|
E|---------|----3----|----0----|---------|---------|----2----|----3----|------|----3----|--3====--|

STRUCTURE:
Intro

Chorus      |
Verse       } x2
Pre-chorus  |

Chorus - on this chorus, the Fm6/D is simply plucked and held for the bar rather than being
         fingerpicked, and the final C is strummed. I quite like to strum a C7M instead...
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