[Intro]
C E F G
C E7 F G
[Refrain]
           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,  
               F   C G C 
Don't break my heart 
[Strophe]
          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
[Pre-Refrain]
 F    C    Dm 
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find  
 G    Fm   Em                      A7 
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine  
 F 
I'll be home  
        D7                             G 
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you  
 G 
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
[Refrain]
           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,  
               F    C G C 
Don't break my heart 
[Strophe]
   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 
[Pre-Refrain]
 F    C    Dm 
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find  
 G    Fm   Em                      A7 
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine  
 F 
I'll be home  
        D7                             G 
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you  
 G 
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
[Refrain]
           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  
               F    Bb G C 
Don't break my heart