Build me up buttercup

The Foundations  

Bass transcription for this iconic Soul song, written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, as performed on Bass by Peter MacBeth on The Foundations' 1968 single. The song features a highly interesting harmonic structure, incorporating various techniques such as unresolved dominant chords, secondary dominants, borrowed chords and bass inversions. The bass line adds the essential groove that this style of music truly thrives on.