Alec Shane Benjamin (Phoenix, 28 de maio de 1994), é um cantor e compositor americano. Ele ganhou popularidade com suas músicas indie pop que retratam histórias descritivas de suas próprias experiências pessoais. Depois de lançar um EP mixtape chamado America em 2013, ele gravou seu single de estreia, "Paper Crown", em seu dormitório na Universidade do Sul da Califórnia, lançando-o em 2014.
Ele é mais conhecido pela música "Let Me Down Slowly".
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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] AF#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, DA 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, AE We knew we'd be friends forever. D And we had so much fun together, AE 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 DA 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 AE Send my best, I send my best
[Chorus] D And we had so much fun together, AE We knew we'd be friends forever. D And we had so much fun together, AE we had so much fun.
[Verse 3] AF#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. AF#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, AE We thought we'd be friends forever. D And we had so much fun together, AE we had so much fun. A I built a friend.