Intro (2x, first time sparse, just bass and tom-toms) 
C5       E5      F5      G5  

C5       E5      F5      G5       G5      (organ and piano) 

                        C5                        E5 
Why do you       build me up       buttercup baby 
                  F5                              G5 
just to       let me down and       mess me around 
                  C5                                    E5 
and then       worst of all you       never call baby 
                  F5                                    G5 
when you       say you will       But       I love you still 
                  C5                              Bb5 
I need       you more than       anyone darling 
            F5                                                D5 
You       know that I have from the       start 
            C5                        G5 
So       build me up,       buttercup,   
                                    F5 E5 D5 C5  G5 
don t break my heart 
(syncopated - don t play the F5 
until after you ve sung  heart ) 

Verse I 
                  C5                  G5                         
I ll be       over at       ten you told me 
      Bb5                        F5 
       time and a-      gain 
                        C5                              F5 
But you re       late I wait a-      round and then 
      C5            G5                              Bb5            F5 
I       run to the door I can t take anymore 
      C5                  F5 
It s not you       you let me       down again 
   F5      C5    D5                  G5 
(Hey Hey Hey) Baby baby       try to find 
   G5      A5    E5                                    A5 
(Hey Hey Hey) A little time and I ll make you mine 
   A5      G5   F5                        D5 
(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home  
                        G5 
I ll be be-side the phone waiting for you 
(3 measures G5 ) 


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 G5 ) 

Chorus