Piano Intro:
E|-----------0--0--0-0---1---1-1----3--3--3-3-----|
B|-1---1-1---0--0--0-0---1---1-1----3--3--3-3-----|
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B|-1--1-1----1--1-1--3-1---3--1-1----3-----|
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Chorus:
CEE7
Why do you build me up (Build me up) buttercup, baby
FG
Just to let me down (Let me down) and mess me around
CEE7
And then worst of all (Worst of all) you never call, baby
FG
When you say you will (Say you will) but I love you still
CBb
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
F
You know that I have from the start
CGFG
So build me up (Build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart
Verse:
CGBbF
I'll be over at ten, you told me time and again
CF
But you're late, I wait around and then (Bah-dah-dah)
CGBbF
I run to the door, I can't take any more
CF
It's not you, you let me down again
Bridge:
DmG
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
Em7A
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
D7G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
[Chorus]
Verse 2:
CGBbFC
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you adore
F
If you'd just let me know (Bah-dah-dah)
CGBbFC
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
F
Why do I need you so
Bridge:
DmG
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
Em7A
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
F
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
D7G
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
[Chorus]
DC
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
G
You know that I have from the start
[Fade out]
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320033
E: 022100
E7: 022130
F: 133211
Bb: x1333x
Dm: xx0231
Em7: 022033
A: x02220
D7: xx0212
D: xx0232