[Intro - BPM 134] No snare - just bass drum following C E F G
[full drums - with riff keep as many fingers on fret and/or string as possible when transitioning] Csus4 E* F G (just bass drum now) E x-xx----1-0-x----1-1------3------------------- B 6-55----0-0-3----3-1------3----------------- G 5-55----1-1-1----2-2------0------------------ D 5-55----2-2-0----x-3------0------------------ A 3-33----2-2-2----3-3------2------------------ E --------0-0-0----1-1------33-33-33-33--"why do you ...." *Play 122 with 2nd, 4th and 3rd fingers so keep first finger free for 1st fret on high E then bring little finger across to play 3rd fret on B then can slide up the 2nd and 3rd fingers to play the F6 chord
[Chorus - keep bouncing going figure during G] [G] Why do you [C] build me up (build me up) [E7] Buttercup, baby Just to [F] let me down (let me down) and [G] mess me around And then [C] worst of all (worst of all) [E7] you never call, baby When you [F] say you will (say you will) but [G] I love you still I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You [F] know that I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up [G] Buttercup, Don't break my heart [F][Em] ([Dm][C]) [G][G][G]
[Verse] "I'll be o [C] ver at t [G] en," you told me [Bb] time and [F] again But you're la [C] te, I wait [F] around and then I [C] went to the [G] door, I can't [Bb] take any [F] more It's not [C] you, you let me [F] down again ( [F] Hey, [C] hey, [Dm] hey!) Baby, baby, try to find ( [G] Hey, [Fm] hey, [Em] hey!) A little time and I'll make you [A] hap [G] py [F] I'll be home I'll be [D7] beside the phone waiting for yo [G] u (just bass drum) O [G] oo-oo-ooo, o [G] oo-oo-ooo
[Chorus] Why do you [C] build me up (build me up) [E7] Buttercup, baby Just to [F] let me down (let me down) and [G] mess me around And then [C] worst of all (worst of all) [E7] you never call, baby When you [F] say you will (say you will) but [G] I love you still I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You know th [F] at I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up (build me up) [G] Buttercup, Don't break my heart [F][Em][Dm-C][G][G][G]
[Verse] To [C] you I'm a [G] toy but I [Bb] could be the [F] boy you A [C] dore, if you'd just l [F] et me know Alt [C] hough you're [G] untrue, I'm [Bb] attracted to [F] you all the [C] more Why do I [F] need you so ( [F] Hey, [C] hey, [Dm] hey!) Baby, baby, try to find ( [G] Hey, [Fm] hey, [Em] hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine [A][G] I [F] 'll be home I'll be [D7] beside the phone waiting for yo [G] u (just bass drum) O [G] oo-oo-ooo, [G] ooo-oo-ooo
[Chorus] Why do you [C] build me up (build me up) [E7] Buttercup, baby Just to [F] let me down (let me down) and [G] mess me around And then [C] worst of all (worst of all) [E7] you never call, baby When you [F] say you will (say you will) but [G] I love you still I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You know th [F] at I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up (build me up) [G] Buttercup Don't break my [Am] heart [G]I I I need [C] you (I need you) more than [C7] anyone, darlin' You know th [F] at I have from the [Fm] start So [C] build me up (build me up) [G] Buttercup Don't break my heart [F][Em][Dm-C] [End]
[Intro/Verse - Tab] (lead guitar melody) E A B A e|-4-------5-4-5/7-|(7)------5-4-5-4-| B|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------| / = slide up into note, (7) = hold note over bar line OR E A B A e|-x-------10------|7------10---------| B|-9-------11-10-11|7------11-10-11-10| G|-9-------10------|8------10---------| D|-9--------x------|9------x----------| A|-7--------0------|9------0----------| E|-----------------|7-----------------|
[Intro - Can play some Amaj7 to simulate main intro riff] [E][A-Amaj7-A)][B][A-Amaj7-A-Amaj7] x2
[Verse 1] I [E] live on an [A] apartment on the [B] ninety ninth [A] floor of my [E] block [A][B][A] And I [E] sit at home lookin' [A] out of the window [B] imaginin' the [A] world has stopped [E][A][B][A] Then [E] in flies a [A] guy who's all dressed [B] up just like a [A] Union Jack [E][A][B][A] And says [E] I've won five [A] pounds if I have [B] this kind of [A] detergent [E] pack [A][B][A]
[Chorus] [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud [E] baby [A][B][A]
[Verse 2] The [E] telephone is [A] ringin', I say [B] Hi it's me, who is it [A] there on the line [E][A][B][A] A [E] voice says Hi hello [A] how are you, well [B] I guess I'm [A] doin' fine [E][A][B][A] He says it's [E] three a.m., there's [A] too much noise, don't you [B] people ever wanna [A] go to bed [E][A][B][A] Just cause [E] you feel so [A] good, do you have to [B] drive me [A] out of my head [E][A][B][A]
[Chorus] I said [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#(422100)] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud [E] baby [A][B][A]
[Verse 3] I was [E] sick and tired, fed up [A] with this and de [B] cided to take a [A] drive down town [E][A][B][A] It was [E] so very quiet and [A] peaceful, there was [B] nobody, not a [A] soul around [E][A][B][A] I [E] laid myself [A] out, I was so [B] tired and I [A] started to dr [E] eam [A][B][A] In the [E] morning the parking [A] tickets were just like [B] flags, [A] stuck on my wind [E] screen [A][B][A]
[Chorus] I said [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud
[E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud [E] Hey (hey), [E/G#] you (you), get [A] off of my [B] cloud[D] Don't hang around, 'cause [B] two's a crowd on my cloud baby