Build Me Up, Buttercup

Chords

Standard

C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                            Dm       G7
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                               Dm         G7
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 (ah ah ah...)
   C           G
So build me up Buttercup, 
               F     C
Don't break my heart 


         C       G                 Bb      F                        
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again 
             C          Dm               G7
But you're late, I wait around and then      (Ba da dah!)
  C           G             Bb       F             
I went to the door, I can't take any more 
         C               Dm           G7
It's not you, you let me down again       (Hey, hey, hey!)



Dm        
Baby, baby, try to find 
 G         Em                     C7   
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
 F                 
I'll be home 
        Bm7                          G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
G             G            G
  Ooo-oo-ooo,   ooo-oo-ooo 



           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                             Dm      G7
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                               Dm         G7
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 (ah ah ah...)
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, 
               F     C
Don't break my heart 



   C         G         Bb           F          
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you 
 C                   Dm           G7
Adore, if you'd just let me know      (Ba da dah!)
   C            G 
Although you're untrue, 
    Bb           F           C
I'm attracted to you all the more 
         Dm           G7
Why do I need you so      (Hey, hey, hey!)
           

Dm                 
Baby, baby, try to find 
 G         Em                      C7  
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy 
 F                 
I'll be home 
        Bm7                          G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you 
G             G            G
  Ooo-oo-ooo,   ooo-oo-ooo 


           C                         E7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby 
        F                             Dm      G7
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                               Dm         G7
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 (ah ah ah...)
   C                         G
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup 
               F      C
Don't break my heart

           C             C7
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     Dm  C
Don't break my heart