Intro:
   B Eb E Gb
   B Eb7 E Gb
 
Chorus:
           B                         Eb7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        E                             Gb
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         B                           Eb7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         E                               Gb
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       B                          B7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    E                         Em
You know that I have from the start 
   B           Gb
So build me up Buttercup, 
               E   B Gb B
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          B       Gb                A       E
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             B          E
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  B           Gb             A       E
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         B               E
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 E    B    Dbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Gb    Em   Ebm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 E
I'll be home 
        Db7                             Gb
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Gb          Gb
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           B                         Eb7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        E                             Gb
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         B                           Eb7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         E                               Gb
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       B                          B7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           E                  Em
You know that I have from the start 
   B                         Gb
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               E    B Gb B
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   B         Gb         A           E
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 B                    E
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   B            Gb
Although you're untrue, 
    A           E           B
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         E
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 E    B    Dbm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Gb    Em   Ebm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 E
I'll be home 
        Db7                             Gb
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Gb          Gb
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           B                         Eb7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        E                             Gb
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         B                           Eb7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         E                               Gb
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       B                          B7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           E                  Em
You know that I have from the start 
   B                         Gb
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               E    A Gb B
Don't break my heart