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,
Am
Don't break my heart
Verse 1
C G Bflat F
"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
C G
But you're late, I wait around and then
C G Bflat F
I went to the door, I can't take any more
C G
It's not you, you let me down again
G Gflat F
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
F F# G
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
G Gflat F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
F#m G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
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,
C B A G
Don't break my heart
C G Bflat F
You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore
C G
If you'd just let me know
C G Bflat F
Although you're untrue,
C
I'm attracted to you all the more
G
Why do I need you so
G Gflat F
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
F F# G
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
G Gflat F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
F#m G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
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,
C B A G
Don't break my heart
Drums solo
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,
C B A C B A C B A GGGG
Don't break my heart
