Intro:C E7 F G x2
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
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlinʼ
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up Buttercup,
F G
Donʼt break my heart
C G Bb F
«Iʼll be over at ten,» you told me time and again
C F
But youʼre late, I wait around and then
C G Bb F
I went to the door, I canʼt take any more
C F
Itʼs not you, you let me down again
Pre-Chorus: Dm G
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
Em A
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and Iʼll make you mine
F
(Hey, hey, hey!) Iʼll be home
D G
Iʼll 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
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlinʼ
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up Buttercup,
F G
Donʼt break my heart
C G Bb F
To you Iʼm a toy but I could be the boy you
C F
Adore, if youʼd just let me know
C G
Although youʼre untrue,
Bb F C
Iʼm attracted to you all the more
F
Why do I need you so
Pre-Chorus: Dm G
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
Em A
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and Iʼll make you mine
F
(Hey, hey, hey!) Iʼll be home
D G
Iʼll 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
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlinʼ
F Fm
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up Buttercup,
F G
Donʼt break my heart
