You Only Build Me Up To Tear Me Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]You'[F#m]re lik[G]e a [A]ba[D]by,
[G]I'm like a set of blo[D]cks you got for a toy[G]
[D]First you build me [G]up and
[D]that gives you [G]joy
[D]Then you change your [G]mind and
[D]you start to [G]destroy [Em]me
Piece by piece I'm torn apart
And [A]all my [G]dreams of [Em]be ing yours
are crumbed to the [A]ground

[Verse 2]
Oh you [A]only [Em]build me [D]up [G]baby, [D]baby
You only [G]build me [D]up baby, baby
You only build me up to [G]tear me [Bm]down,
down, [A]down [Em](ooh)[F#m][G]
[A]Oh on

[Verse 3]
[D]Monday [G]maybe you might make me
[D]feel like I am [G]a king (you build me [D]up)
Tell me you're a [G]puppet (you build me up) and
[D]I've got [G]the string (you build me up[D])
Oh but then on [G]Tuesday (you build
me up) it's a [D]different [G]thing[Em]
(Ooh) just as I begin to get [A]the feel of the throne
[G]and (ooh) [Em]start to cherish the[A] crown
I found out you only [D]build me up baby,
baby
[Em](Only build me up) [D]baby,
baby, baby, baby
You only [G]build me up to tear me [Bm]down, [A]down,
down [Em](ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)[C]
[Em][F#m][G][A]

[Verse 4]
[Bm]
[Em]Yeah, [F#m]yeah ([G]ooh[A],[Bm]
[Em]ooh,[F#m] ooh, [G]ooh)[A]
(Ooh, ooh, oo[D]h, ooh)

[Verse 5]
Ooh you give me [G]hope,
for a while you had me [D]walkin' 'round on a [G]cloud
Brag[D]gin' [G]about you and
[D]feelin' real [G]proud
[D]Then without [G]a warnin' in [D]front of a [G]crowd
[Em]You bring me back to Earth with some
[A]unkind [G]deed [Em]soon as I am heaven [A]bound
Oh you only [Em]build me [D]up, only [G]build me [D]up
You [Fm]only [Ab]build me [Eb]up, only b[Ab]uild me [Eb]up
Baby, baby [Ab](only build [Eb]me up)
Baby, baby, baby (baby baby),
you only [Fm]build me up to [Ab]tear me [Cm]down, [Bb]down, down
(Ooh, oo[Fm]h, ooh, ooh, ooh) yeah,
[Gm]yeah[Ab][Bb]
[Fm](Only build me [Eb]up baby,
baby) baby, baby
(Only build me up [Ab]baby, baby) [Eb]ooh yeah,
baby
You only [Fm]build me up to tear me [Cm]down,
[Bb]down, down
[Fm](Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) yeah,
[Gm]oo h[Ab] wee ba[Bb]by[Eb]
[Fm](Only build me [Eb]up baby,
baby) baby, baby, baby
(Only build me up baby, baby) yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby