Intro (2x, first time sparse, just bass and tom-toms)
C Em F G
C Em F G G (organ and piano)
C Em
Why do you build me up buttercup baby
F G
just to let me down and mess me around
C Em
and then worst of all you never call baby
F G
when you say you will But I love you still
C Bb
I need you more than anyone darling
F D
You know that I have from the start
C G
So build me up, buttercup,
F Em D C G
don t break my heart
(syncopated - don t play the F
until after you ve sung heart )
Verse I
C G
I ll be over at ten you told me
Bb F
time and a- gain
C F
But you re late I wait a- round and then
C G Bb F
I run to the door I can t take anymore
C F
It s not you you let me down again
F C D G
(Hey Hey Hey) Baby baby try to find
G A Em A
(Hey Hey Hey) A little time and I ll make you mine
A G F D
(Hey Hey Hey) I ll be home
G
I ll be be-side the phone waiting for you
(3 measures G)
Chorus
Verse II
You are my toy but I could be the boy you adore
if you just let me know
Until you do I m attracted to you all the more
why do I need you so
Baby baby try to find
A little time and I ll make you mine
I ll be home I ll be beside the phone
waiting for you (3 measures on G)
Chorus