Intro (2x, first time sparse, just bass and tom-toms) 
C       Em      F      G  

C       Em      F      G       G      (organ and piano) 

                        C                        Em 
Why do you       build me up       buttercup baby 
                  F                              G 
just to       let me down and       mess me around 
                  C                                    Em 
and then       worst of all you       never call baby 
                  F                                    G 
when you       say you will       But       I love you still 
                  C                              Bb 
I need       you more than       anyone darling 
            F                                                D 
You       know that I have from the       start 
            C                        G 
So       build me up,       buttercup,   
                                    F Em D C  G 
don t break my heart 
(syncopated - don t play the F 
until after you ve sung  heart ) 

Verse I 
                  C                  G                         
I ll be       over at       ten you told me 
      Bb                        F 
       time and a-      gain 
                        C                              F 
But you re       late I wait a-      round and then 
      C            G                              Bb            F 
I       run to the door I can t take anymore 
      C                  F 
It s not you       you let me       down again 
   F      C    D                  G 
(Hey Hey Hey) Baby baby       try to find 
   G      A    Em                                    A 
(Hey Hey Hey) A little time and I ll make you mine 
   A      G   F                        D 
(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home  
                        G 
I ll be be-side the phone waiting for you 
(3 measures G ) 


Chorus 

Verse II 

You are my toy but I could be the boy you adore 

if you just let me know 

Until you do I m attracted to you all the more 

why do I need you so 

Baby baby try to find 

A little time and I ll make you mine 

I ll be home I ll be beside the phone 
waiting for you (3 measures on G ) 

Chorus