Build Me Up Buttercup

Intro: G B C D (bass & piano) G B C D7

(Chorus)
G B7
Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
C C/D D
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
G B7
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
C C/D D
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
G G/F
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
C/E Am/D#
You know that I have from the start
G D
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
C G/B Am G D
Don't break my heart

(Verse 1)
G D F C
"I'll be over at ten," you told me time and again
G C
But you're late, I wait around and then (Ba-la-la)
G D F C
I run to the door, I can't take any more
G C C Bm Am7
It's not you, you let me down again, (Hey, hey, hey!)
Am7 D7 Bm C Bm7
Baby, baby, try to find (Hey, hey, hey!)
E7 Am Bm C
A little time and I'll make you happy (Hey, hey, hey!)
C A7 D
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
D D
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

(Repeat Chorus)
(Verse 2)
G D F C
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you
G C
Adore, if you'd just let me know (Ba-la-la)
G D F C
Although you arent true, I'm attracted to you all
G C C Bm Am7
the more, why do I need you so, (Hey, hey, hey!)
Am7 D7 Bm C Bm7
Baby, baby, try to find (Hey, hey, hey!)
E7 Am Bm C
A little time and I'll make you happy (Hey, hey, hey!)
C A7 D
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
D D
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Repeat Chorus (ending on E instead of C)

E9 A A/G
I, I, I need you more than anyone, darlin'
D/F# Bm/F
You know that I have from the start
A E7
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,
D A/C# Bm7 A
Don't break my heart