Build me up, Buttercup

C - E - F - G

C E

Why do you build me up, Buttercup, baby,

F G

just to let me down and mess me around ?

C E

And then worst of all, you never call, baby,

F G

when you say you will, but I love you still !

C C7

I need you more than anyone, darlin',

F Fm

you know that I have from the start,

C G Am

so build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart !

C G Bb F

1. "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.

Dm G

(Hey, hey, hey !) Baby, baby, try to find

Em A

(Hey, hey, hey !) a little time and I'll make you mine.

Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home

D7 G G7

I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooh, ooh.

C E

Why do you build me up, Buttercup, baby,

F G

just to let me down and mess me around ?

C E

And then worst of all, you never call, baby,

F G

when you say you will, but I love you still !

C C7

I need you more than anyone, darlin',

F Fm

you know that I have from the start,

C G F - C

so build me up, Buttercup, don't break my heart !

C G Bb F C

2. You were my toy, but I could be the boy you adore

if you'd just let me know

C G Bb F C

Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more !

Why do I need you so ?