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
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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
