Chords
Build Me Up Buttercup

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||

                                             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              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              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  BA  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              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              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  BA  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  BA          C  BA          C  BA  G 
Don't break my heart