Intro:
   E Ab A B
   E Ab7 A B
 
Chorus:
           E                         Ab7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        A                             B
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         E                           Ab7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         A                               B
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       E                          E7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    A                         Am
You know that I have from the start 
   E           B
So build me up Buttercup, 
               A   E B E
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          E       B                D       A
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             E          A
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  E           B             D       A
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         E               A
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 A    E    Gbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 B    Am   Abm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 A
I'll be home 
        Gb7                             B
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 B          B
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           E                         Ab7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        A                             B
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         E                           Ab7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         A                               B
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       E                          E7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           A                  Am
You know that I have from the start 
   E                         B
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               A    E B E
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   E         B         D           A
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 E                    A
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   E            B
Although you're untrue, 
    D           A           E
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         A
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 A    E    Gbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 B    Am   Abm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 A
I'll be home 
        Gb7                             B
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 B          B
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           E                         Ab7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        A                             B
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         E                           Ab7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         A                               B
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       E                          E7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           A                  Am
You know that I have from the start 
   E                         B
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               A    D B E
Don't break my heart