Biography:
Alec Benjamin (born 1994) is an American singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona. He is known for his songs "Paper Crown" and "End of the Summer". In addition to his solo project, Benjamin has found success in song writing with artists such as Jon Bellion including a feature on the track "New York Soul Pt. ii" from The Human Condition (Jon Bellion album). Alec is heavily influenced by artists such as Eminem and Paul Simon.
Alec Benjamin released his debut single “Paper Crown” in November 2014. He signed with Columbia Records in 2014.
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Other songs:
- 1994
- 7up
- Anesthesia
- Animal
- Boy In The Bubble
- Death Of A Hero
- End Of The Summer
- Gotta Be A Reason
- I Built A Friend
- If I Killed Someone For You
- If We Have Each Other
- Jesus In La
- Let Me Down Slowly
- Mind Is A Prison
- Must Have Been The Wind
- Must've Been The Wind
- Outrunning Karma
- Paper Crown
- Settle Down
- Steve
- The Boy In The Bubble
- The Water Fountain
- Boy In A Bubble
- Demons
- Pretending
- Water Fountain
- America
- Annabelles Homework
- Beautiful Pain
- Feed
- Gabriel
- Journey To The Lowest Place On Earth
- Last Of Her Kind
- My Mothers Eyes
- Our Love Is Like A Burning Garden
- Swim
- Swim Until You Love Me
- The Way To Nowhere
- The Wolf And The Sheep
- Use Me
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Song: "I Built a Friend"
By: Alec Benjamin
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Tabbed by: Marko Sedlan
Follow Alec on twitter: @AlecBenjamin, he makes really good music :)
Follow me on twitter: @MSedlan
Chord progression in the verses: A F#m D A E
Chord progression in the chorus: D A E
You can also play the chorus without the E chord in the second line :)
[Intro] A
[Verse 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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 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
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 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.
[Chorus]
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.
By: Alec Benjamin
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Tabbed by: Marko Sedlan
Follow Alec on twitter: @AlecBenjamin, he makes really good music :)
Follow me on twitter: @MSedlan
Chord progression in the verses: A F#m D A E
Chord progression in the chorus: D A E
You can also play the chorus without the E chord in the second line :)
[Intro] A
[Verse 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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 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
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 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.
[Chorus]
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.
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