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