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