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