Intro:
   Bb D Eb F
   Bb D7 Eb F
 
Chorus:
           Bb                         D7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Eb                             F
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Bb                           D7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Eb                               F
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Bb                          Bb7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin' 
    Eb                         Ebm
You know that I have from the start 
   Bb           F
So build me up Buttercup, 
               Eb   Bb F Bb
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
          Bb       F                Ab       Eb
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             Bb          Eb
But you're late, I wait around and then 
  Bb           F             Ab       Eb
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         Bb               Eb
It's not you, you let me down again
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Eb    Bb    Cm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 F    Ebm   Dm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 Eb
I'll be home 
        C7                             F
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 F          F
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Bb                         D7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Eb                             F
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Bb                           D7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Eb                               F
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Bb                          Bb7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           Eb                  Ebm
You know that I have from the start 
   Bb                         F
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup, 
               Eb    Bb F Bb
Don't break my heart 
 
Verse:
   Bb         F         Ab           Eb
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 Bb                    Eb
Adore, if you'd just let me know 
   Bb            F
Although you're untrue, 
    Ab           Eb           Bb
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         Eb
Why do I need you so 
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Eb    Bb    Cm
-Hey, hey, hey!- Baby, baby, try to find 
 F    Ebm   Dm
-Hey, hey, hey!- a little time and I'll make you mine 
 Eb
I'll be home 
        C7                             F
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
 F          F
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
 
Chorus:
           Bb                         D7
Why do you build me up -build me up- Buttercup, baby 
        Eb                             F
Just to let me down -let me down- and mess me around 
         Bb                           D7
And then worst of all -worst of all- you never call, baby 
         Eb                               F
When you say you will -say you will- but I love you still 
       Bb                          Bb7
I need you -I need you- more than anyone, darlin'
           Eb                  Ebm
You know that I have from the start 
   Bb                         F
So build me up -build me up- Buttercup 
               Eb    Ab F Bb
Don't break my heart