Key: C major
Intro 1
A
C#
D
E
A
C#
D
E
E
Why do you build
Chorus 1
A
me up (build me up)
C#
buttercup, baby
D
Just to let me down (let me down)
E
and mess me around?
A
And then worst of all (worst of all)
C#
you never call, baby
D
When you say you will (say you will)
E
but I love you still
A
I need you (I need you)
A
more than anyone, darlin'
D
Dm
You know that I have from the start
A
E
So build me up (build me up) buttercup,
D
A
E
don't break my heart
Verse 1
A
E
G
D
"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
A
D
But you're late, I wait around and then
A
E
(bah-dah...) I went to the door,
G
D
A
I can't take any more It's not you,
D
Bm
you let me down again (hey, hey, hey)
E
C#m
Baby, baby, try to find (hey, hey, hey)
F#
E
A little time and I'll make you happy
D
I'll be home,
B7
E
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
E
Why do you build
Chorus 2
A
me up (build me up)
C#
buttercup, baby
D
Just to let me down (let me down)
E
and mess me around?
A
And then worst of all (worst of all)
C#
you never call, baby
D
When you say you will (say you will)
E
but I love you still
A
I need you (I need you)
A
more than anyone, darlin'
D
Dm
You know that I have from the start
A
E
So build me up (build me up) buttercup,
D
A
E
don't break my heart
Verse 2
A
E
To you, I'm a toy,
G
D
A
but I could be the boy you adore
D
If you'd just let me know (bah-dah...)
A
E
Although you're untrue
G
D
A
I'm attracted to you all the more
D
Bm
Why do I need you so? (Hey, hey, hey)
E
C#m
Baby, baby, try to find (hey, hey, hey)
F#
E
A little time and I'll make you happy
D
I'll be home,
B7
E
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
E
Why do you build
Chorus 3
A
me up (build me up)
C#
buttercup, baby
D
Just to let me down (let me down)
E
and mess me around?
A
And then worst of all (worst of all)
C#
you never call, baby
D
When you say you will (say you will)
E
but I love you still
A
I need you (I need you)
A
more than anyone, darlin'
D
Dm
You know that I have from the start
A
So build me up (build me up)
E
F#
buttercup, don't break my heart
F#7
B
B
I-I-I need you more than anyone, baby
E
Em
You know that I have from the start
B
So build me up
[Fade out]
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