I Built A Friend chords by Alec Benjamin

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo on 2 fret


Verse 1:
            G
I built a friend
                                   Em
With three pieces of plastic and a pen
                                Am
I made him on the table in the den
    C                               Em          D
I gave him my old cell phone for a head (for a head)
         G
And we spent holidays at my house
         Em
And we left presents in a stocking
         Am     C
And we bought bolts and things and strings
           Em                    D
And a new watch, that's what he got

Chorus:
    C      G        Em
And we had so much fun together
C         G        D
We knew we'd be friends forever
 C          G      Em
And we had so much fun together
C      G        D
We had so much fun



Verse 2:
     G          Em
Then I left for college in September
    Am            G
And we wept cause we can't be together
   Am      C                         G           D
So I kept pictures to remember my old friend, my old friend
     G           Em
Then I met this girl at graduation
      Am    G
And forget my oldest creation
    Am       C
And I guess I'll see him next vacation
       G              D
Send my best, I send my best



Chorus 2:
    C      G        Em
And we had so much fun together
C         G        D
We knew we'd be friends forever
 C          G      Em
And we had so much fun together
C      G        D
We had so much fun



Bridge:
    G           Em
I came home to find him on the table
         Am    G
With a note, scribbled out in pencil
      Am
And he wrote
      C                          G          D
That he just wasn't stable all alone, all alone
         G        Em
Next to him, an empty glass of water
     G
That he spilt
Em                     Am
All over the body that I built
      C
It fizzled and it popped
               Em                 D
And then it killed, and then it killed


Chorus 3:
    C      G        Em
And we had so much fun together
C         G        D
We thought we'd be friends forever
 C          G      Em
And we had so much fun together
C      G        D
We had so much fun


Outro:
             G
I built a friend