Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Chorus:
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down and mess me around?
C
And then worst of all
E7 F
You never call, baby, when you say you will
G
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 G
So build me up buttercup, don't break my heart
Verse 1:
C G Bb F
"I'll be over at ten, " you tell me time and again
C F
But you're late, I wait around and then
C G Bb F
I go to the door, and I can't take it any more
C F
It's not you, you let me down again
Dm
Baby, baby, try to find
Em
A little time and I'll make you happy
F Dm G G
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooh, you
Chorus:
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down and mess me around?
C
And then worst of all
E7 F
You never call, baby, when you say you will
G
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 G
So build me up buttercup, don't break my heart
Verse 2:
C G Bb F C
You were my toy, but I could be the boy you adore
F
If you'd just let me know
C G Bb F C
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
F
Why do I need you so?
Dm
Baby, baby, try to find
Em
A little time and I'll make you happy
F Dm G G
I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you, ooh, you
Chorus:
C E7
Why do you build me up, buttercup, baby
F G
Just to let me down and mess me around?
C
And then worst of all
E7 F
You never call, baby, when you say you will
G
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 C
So build me up buttercup, don't break my heart