You Only Build Me Up To Tear Me Down chords by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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Verse 1
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You're like a baby,
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I'm like a set of blocks you got for a toy
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First you build me up and
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that gives you joy
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Then you change your mind and
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Em 
you start to destroy me
Piece by piece I'm torn apart
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Em 
And all my dreams of be  ing yours
A 
are crumbed to the ground

Verse 2
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Oh you only build me up baby, baby
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You only build me up baby, baby
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You only build me up to tear me down,
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Em 
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down, down (ooh)
A 
Oh on

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Verse 3
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Monday maybe you might make me
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D 
feel like I am a king (you build me up)
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Tell me you're a puppet (you build me up) and
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I've got the string (you build me up)
G 
Oh but then on Tuesday (you build
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Em 
me up) it's a different thing
A 
(Ooh) just as I begin to get the feel of the throne
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Em 
A 
and (ooh) start to cherish the crown
D 
I found out you only build me up baby,
baby
Em 
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(Only build me up) baby,
baby, baby, baby
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You only build me up to tear me down, down,
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down (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
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A 

Verse 4

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Yeah, yeah (ooh,

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ooh, ooh, ooh)

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

Verse 5
G 
Ooh you give me hope,
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for a while you had me walkin' 'round on a cloud
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Braggin' about you and
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feelin' real proud
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Then without a warnin' in front of a crowd
Em 
You bring me back to Earth with some
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Em 
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unkind deed soon as I am heaven bound
Em 
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D 
Oh you only build me up, only build me up
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You only build me up, only build me up
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Baby, baby (only build me up)
Baby, baby, baby (baby baby),
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you only build me up to tear me down, down, down
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(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) yeah,
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yeah
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(Only build me up  baby,
baby) baby, baby
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(Only build me up baby, baby) ooh yeah,
baby
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You only build me up to tear me down,
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down, down
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(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) yeah,
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ooh wee baby
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(Only build me up  baby,
baby) baby, baby, baby
(Only build me up baby, baby) yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby