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