Intro:
   Db F Gb Ab
   Db F7 Gb Ab
 
Chorus:
           Db                         F7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Gb                             Ab
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Db                           F7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Gb                               Ab
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Db                          Db7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    Gb                         Gbm
You know that I have from the start 
   Db           Ab
So build me up Buttercup, 
               Gb   Db Ab Db
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          Db       Ab                B       Gb
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             Db          Gb
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  Db           Ab             B       Gb
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         Db               Gb
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Gb    Db    Ebm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Ab    Gbm   Fm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 Gb
I'll be home 
        Eb7                             Ab
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Ab          Ab
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Db                         F7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Gb                             Ab
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Db                           F7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Gb                               Ab
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Db                          Db7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           Gb                  Gbm
You know that I have from the start 
   Db                         Ab
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               Gb    Db Ab Db
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   Db         Ab         B           Gb
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 Db                    Gb
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   Db            Ab
Although you're untrue, 
    B           Gb           Db
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         Gb
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Gb    Db    Ebm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 Ab    Gbm   Fm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 Gb
I'll be home 
        Eb7                             Ab
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 Ab          Ab
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Db                         F7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Gb                             Ab
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Db                           F7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Gb                               Ab
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Db                          Db7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           Gb                  Gbm
You know that I have from the start 
   Db                         Ab
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               Gb    B Ab Db
Don't break my heart