Intro:
   Gb Bb B Db
   Gb Bb7 B Db
 
Chorus:
           Gb                         Bb7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        B                             Db
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Gb                           Bb7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         B                               Db
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Gb                          Gb7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    B                         Bm
You know that I have from the start 
   Gb           Db
So build me up Buttercup, 
               B   Gb Db Gb
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          Gb       Db                E       B
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             Gb          B
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  Gb           Db             E       B
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         Gb               B
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 B    Gb    Abm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Db    Bm   Bbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 B
I'll be home 
        Ab7                             Db
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Db          Db
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Gb                         Bb7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        B                             Db
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Gb                           Bb7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         B                               Db
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Gb                          Gb7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           B                  Bm
You know that I have from the start 
   Gb                         Db
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               B    Gb Db Gb
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   Gb         Db         E           B
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 Gb                    B
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   Gb            Db
Although you're untrue, 
    E           B           Gb
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         B
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 B    Gb    Abm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Db    Bm   Bbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 B
I'll be home 
        Ab7                             Db
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Db          Db
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Gb                         Bb7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        B                             Db
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Gb                           Bb7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         B                               Db
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Gb                          Gb7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           B                  Bm
You know that I have from the start 
   Gb                         Db
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               B    E Db Gb
Don't break my heart