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