Intro: B
 
Verse 1:
                B                                      Abm
I built a friend with three pieces of plastic and a pen,
                                  E
I made him on the table in the den,
                                      B
I gave him my old cellphone for a head,
          Gb
For a head.
       B
And we spent holidays in my house, 
        Abm
And we left presents in the stocking,
          E                                               B
And we bought bolts and things and strings and a new watch,
                  Gb
That's what he got.
 
Chorus:
E
And we had so much fun together,
B               Gb
We knew we'd be friends forever.
E
And we had so much fun together,
B                 Gb
we had so much fun.
 
Verse 2:
        B
Then I left for college in September
        Abm
And we wept cause we can't be together
      E                                      B
So I kept pictures to remember my old friend,
          Gb
My old friend.
        B
Then I met this girl at graduation
        Abm
And forget my oldest creation
       E
And I guess I'll see him next vacation
        B               Gb
Send my best, I send my best
 
Chorus:
E
And we had so much fun together,
B               Gb
We knew we'd be friends forever.
E
And we had so much fun together,
B                 Gb
we had so much fun.
 
Verse 3:
          B                                  Abm
I came home to find him on the table with a note
                                 E
Scribbled out in pencil and he wrote
                                  B
That he just wasn't stable all alone,
       Gb
All alone.
          B                                       Abm
Next to him, an empty glass of water that he spilled
                          E
All over the body that I built,
                                      B
It fizzled and it popped and then it killed,
               Gb
And then it killed.
 
Chorus:
E
And we had so much fun together,
B               Gb
We thought we'd be friends forever.
E
And we had so much fun together,
B                 Gb
we had so much fun.
           B
I built a friend.