Chorus 
            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  
Verse 1 
        C      G        B        F
"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again  
        C                G
But you're late, I wait around and then  
C          G           B       F
I went to the door, I can't take any more  
       C            G
It's not you, you let me down again  
 G  G     F
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find  
 F   F#  G
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine  
 G  G    F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home  
      F#m                    G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you  
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo  
Chorus 
            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,  
                C B  A G
Don't break my heart  
  C    G        B         F
You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore  
  C        G
If you'd just let me know  
  C    G        B        F
Although you're untrue,  
                     C
I'm attracted to you all the more  
  G
Why do I need you so  
                             
 G  G     F
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find  
 F   F#  G
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine  
 G  G    F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home  
      F#m                    G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you  
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,  
                C B  A G
Don't break my heart  
 
Drums solo 
 
            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,  
                C B A C B A C B A G G G G
Don't break my heart