{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1864693,"song":"I Built A Friend","artist":"Alec Benjamin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11415959-i-built-a-friend-chords-by-alec-benjamin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1864693?type=chord","rating":4.83211,"votes":990,"content":"Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)\r\n\r\nChord progression in the verses: A F#m D A E\r\nChord progression in the chorus: D A E\r\n\r\nYou can also play the chorus without the E chord in the second line :)\r\n\r\n[Intro] \r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI built a friend with three pieces of plastic and a pen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI made him on the table in the den,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI gave him my old cellphone for a head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor a head.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we spent holidays in my house, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd we left presents in the stocking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we bought bolts and things and strings and a new watch,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's what he got.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we had so much fun together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe knew we'd be friends forever.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we had so much fun together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe had so much fun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen I left for college in September[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd we wept cause we can't be together[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I kept pictures to remember my old friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy old friend.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen I met this girl at graduation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nAnd forget my oldest creation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess I'll see him next vacation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSend my best, I send my best[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we had so much fun together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe knew we'd be friends forever.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we had so much fun together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe had so much fun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI came home to find him on the table with a note[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nScribbled out in pencil and he wrote[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat he just wasn't stable all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll alone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNext to him, an empty glass of water that he spilled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll over the body that I built,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt fizzled and it popped and then it killed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then it killed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we had so much fun together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe thought we'd be friends forever.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we had so much fun together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe had so much fun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI built a friend.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)\n\nChord progression in the verses: A F#m D A E\nChord progression in the chorus: D A E\n\nYou can also play the chorus without the E chord in the second line :)\n\n[Intro] \nA\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","F#m","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}