Intro:
   G B C D
   G B7 C D
 
Chorus:
           G                         B7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        C                             D
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         G                           B7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         C                               D
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       G                          G7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    C                         Cm
You know that I have from the start 
   G           D
So build me up Buttercup, 
               C   G D G
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          G       D                F       C
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             G          C
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  G           D             F       C
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         G               C
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 C    G    Am
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 D    Cm   Bm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 C
I'll be home 
        A7                             D
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 D          D
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           G                         B7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        C                             D
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         G                           B7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         C                               D
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       G                          G7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           C                  Cm
You know that I have from the start 
   G                         D
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               C    G D G
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   G         D         F           C
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 G                    C
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   G            D
Although you're untrue, 
    F           C           G
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         C
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 C    G    Am
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 D    Cm   Bm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 C
I'll be home 
        A7                             D
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 D          D
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           G                         B7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        C                             D
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         G                           B7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         C                               D
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       G                          G7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           C                  Cm
You know that I have from the start 
   G                         D
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               C    F D G
Don't break my heart