Intro:
   Ab C Db Eb
   Ab C7 Db Eb
 
Chorus:
           Ab                         C7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Db                             Eb
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Ab                           C7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Db                               Eb
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Ab                          Ab7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    Db                         Dbm
You know that I have from the start 
   Ab           Eb
So build me up Buttercup, 
               Db   Ab Eb Ab
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          Ab       Eb                Gb       Db
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             Ab          Db
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  Ab           Eb             Gb       Db
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         Ab               Db
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Db    Ab    Bbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Eb    Dbm   Cm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 Db
I'll be home 
        Bb7                             Eb
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Eb          Eb
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Ab                         C7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Db                             Eb
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Ab                           C7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Db                               Eb
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Ab                          Ab7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           Db                  Dbm
You know that I have from the start 
   Ab                         Eb
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               Db    Ab Eb Ab
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   Ab         Eb         Gb           Db
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 Ab                    Db
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   Ab            Eb
Although you're untrue, 
    Gb           Db           Ab
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         Db
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Db    Ab    Bbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Eb    Dbm   Cm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 Db
I'll be home 
        Bb7                             Eb
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Eb          Eb
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Ab                         C7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Db                             Eb
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Ab                           C7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Db                               Eb
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Ab                          Ab7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           Db                  Dbm
You know that I have from the start 
   Ab                         Eb
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               Db    Gb Eb Ab
Don't break my heart