(intro 2x) C E F G

G      C                E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
     F                   G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
     C                   E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
    F                    G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
    C                 C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
  F                Fm
You know that I have from the start
 C        G
So build me up Buttercup,
(espere um pouco a batida) F Em Dm C G
Don't break my heart

        C      G            Bb    F
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
        C         F
But you're late, I wait around and then
  C        G          Bb      F
I went to the door, I can't take any more
       C           F
It's not you, you let me down again

 F  C   Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fm   Em
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
A    G       F
        I'll be home
       D7                  G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
 G      G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

     C                E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
     F                   G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
     C                   E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
    F                    G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
    C                 C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
      F            Fm
You know that I have from the start
 C                G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
      (wait a beat) F Em Dm C G
Don't break my heart

  C      G       Bb         F
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
 C              F
Adore, if you'd just let me know
  C       G
Although you're untrue,
   Bb        F        C
I'm attracted to you all the more
    F
Why do I need you so

 F  C   Dm
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
 G    Fm   Em
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
A    G       F
        I'll be home
       D7                  G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
 G     G
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

     C                E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
     F                   G
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
     C                   E7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
    F                    G
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
    C                 C7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
      F            Fm
You know that I have from the start
 C                G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
         Am
Don't break my heart