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