Intro
[C] [E] [F] [G]
[C] [E7] [F] [G]
Chorus
[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/E] [G/D] [C] [G]
Don't break my heart
Verse 1
[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
Pre-Chorus
[F] [C] [Dm] [G]
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
[G] [Fm] [Em] [A7]
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
[F]
I'll be home
[D7] [G]
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
[G]
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
Chorus
[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/E] [G/D] [C] [G]
Don't break my heart
Verse 2
[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
Pre-Chorus
[F] [C] [Dm] [G]
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
[G] [Fm] [Em] [A7]
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
[F]
I'll be home
[D7] [G]
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
[G]
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
Chorus
[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
[A7]
Don't break my heart
[D] [D7]
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
[G] [Gm]
You know that I have from the start
[D] [A]
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
(fade out)
