Standard (EADGBE)

Chorus

 Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby

 Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around

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

 When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still

 I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'

 You know that I have from the start

 So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,

 Don't break my heart

Verse 1

 "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again

 But you're late, I wait around and then

I went to the door, I can't take any more

 It's not you, you let me down again

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

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

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

 I'll be beside the phone waiting for you

Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

(Chorus)

 You know that I have from the start

 So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,

 Don't break my heart

Verse 2

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

If you'd just let me know

Although you're untrue,

I'm attracted to you all the more

Why do I need you so

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

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

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

 I'll be beside the phone waiting for you

Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

(Chorus)

 You know that I have from the start

 So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,

 Don't break my heart

 You know that I have from the start

 So build me up (build me up) Buttercup,

 Don't break my heart