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