C     E    Fmaj   G    E7     C7   Fm    Bb    Dm    Em    A7    D7     
e|-----|-----|--1--|--3--|-----|-----|--1--|--1--|--1--|-----|-----|--2--|
B|--1--|-----|--1--|-----|-----|--1--|--1--|--3--|--3--|-----|--2--|--1--|
G|-----|--1--|--2--|-----|--1--|--2--|--1--|--3--|--2--|-----|-----|--2--|
D|--2--|--2--|--3--|-----|-----|--3--|--3--|--3--|-----|--2--|--2--|-----|
A|--3--|--2--|--3--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--3--|--1--|-----|--2--|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|--1--|--3--|-----|-----|--1--|--x--|-----|-----|-----|-----|

   Am
e|-----|
B|--1--|
G|--2--|
D|--2--|
A|-----|
E|-----|

Intro

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Chorus:
G          C                         E          E7
Why do you build me up (Build me up) buttercup, baby
        Fmaj                          G
Just to let me down (Let me down) and mess me around
         C                               E           E7
And then worst of all (Worst of all) you never call, baby
         Fmaj                            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'
    Fmaj                      Fm
You know that I have from the start                   
   C                         G                         Fmaj C G C
So build me up (Build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart


Verse 1:
        C       G                Bb        Fmaj
I'll be over at ten, you told me time and again
           C             Fmaj
But you're late, I wait around and then (Bah-dah-dah)
  C          G             Bb       Fmaj
I run to the door, I can't take any more
          C              Fmaj
It's not you, you let me down again

Bridge:
 Fmaj C    Dm           
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fmaj Em                       A7
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you mine
                 Fmaj
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
          D7                         G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
                      G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Chorus]

Verse 2:
   C         G         Bb           Fmaj     C
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you adore
              F
If you'd just let me know (Bah-dah-dah)
 C                 G          Bb         Fmaj        C
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
         Fmaj
Why do I need you so

[Bridge]

Chorus:
G          C                         E          E7
Why do you build me up (Build me up) buttercup, baby
        Fmaj                          G
Just to let me down (Let me down) and mess me around
         C                               E           E7
And then worst of all (Worst of all) you never call, baby
         Fmaj                            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'
    Fmaj                      Fm
You know that I have from the start
C                            G                         Am
So build me up (Build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart

       C                          C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
    Fmaj                      Fm
You know that I have from the start
   C                         G                         Fmaj C G C
So build me up (Build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart.