Tono: C
Introducción: C E F G C E7 F G
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/E G/D C
Don' t break my heart
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
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 happy
F
I' ll be home
D7 G
I' ll be beside the phone waiting for you
G
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,
F C/E G/D C
Don' t break my heart
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
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 happy
F
I' ll be home
D7 G
I' ll be beside the phone waiting for you
G
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
A7
Don' t break my heart
D D7
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
G Gm
You know that I have from the start
D A
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup
(fade out)