Standard Tuning


Chorus
           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                             Dm
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                                Dm
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still 
      C     G7                   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, 
                F       C
Don't break my heart 

Verse 1

          C       G           Bb        F                                 
"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again 
         C              Dm
But you're late, I wait around and then 
C              G              Bb     F             
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         C               Dm
It's not you, you let me down again 
  Dm   C    Dm    Dm       
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find 
 Dm    G7   Em   Em                  A7     
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
  F        
I'll be home 
        D7                           G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
     G          G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 

Chorus
            C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
         F                             Dm
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                              Dm
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still 
     C        G7                   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, 
               F          C
Don't break my heart 

Verse 2

    C       G           Bb          F       C   
You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore 
           Dm
If you'd just let me know 
   C       G               Bb             F           C 
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more 
          Dm
Why do I need you so 
                            
  Dm   C    Dm    Dm        
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find 
 Dm    G7   Em    Em                A7                         
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
   F             
I'll be home 
       D7                             G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
     G           G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus

           C                           E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
         F                             Dm
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                              Dm
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still 
    C                    G7         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, 
               F          C
Don't break my heart