C E7

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby

F G

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 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

F Fm

You know that I have from the start

C G

So build me up Buttercup,

F C

Dont break my heart

C G Bb F

Ill be over at ten, you told me time and again

C F

But youre late, I wait around and then

C G Bb F

I went to the door, I cant take any more

C F

Its not you, you let me down again

F C Dm

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find

G Fm Em

(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and Ill make you mine

F

Ill be home

Dm G

Ill be beside the phone waiting for you

G G

Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

C E7

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby

F G

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 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

F Fm

You know that I have from the start

C G

So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,

F C

Dont break my heart

C G Bb F

To you Im a toy but I could be the boy you

C F

Adore, if youd just let me know

C G

Although youre untrue,

Bb F C

Im attracted to you all the more

F

Why do I need you so

F C Dm

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find

G Fm Em

(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and Ill make you mine

F

Ill be home

Dm G

Ill be beside the phone waiting for you

G G

Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

C E7

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby

F G

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 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

F Fm

You know that I have from the start

C G

So build me up (build me up) Buttercup

F Bb G C

Dont break my heart