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