Connie Francis – My Best Friend Barbara (Guitar)

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Album - Rocksides (1957-64) on UNIVERSAL Records. (Orig. single 1963.) INTRO:(SPOKEN:)

C                      A        Am7
I told my best friend, Barbara, what a great 

          D
guy Jimmy was.

                               G    Bb
Who ever thought the day would come when 

               G
Jimmy would be hers?

#1.

C                              Am
My best friend Barbara told me Jimmy's no good

    Em            A
and like a fool I listened to her.

            D                          G
The way she knew I would..(the way she knew I 

                      C
would) my best friend Barbara.

 C                       Am           C
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-

run-dee-boppa-doo.)

C                              Am
My best friend Barbara said he cheats and he lies.

Em                          A
She couldn't wait for me to break up with him.

             Dm                          G
Now, Jimmy's Barbara's guy..(now Jimmy's Barbara's 

                    C             D       E
guy) my best friend Barbara..(bom-bom-bom-bom.)

CHORUS:

E                               A
Look at her hangin' on his arm, tryin' very hard

to please.

          D
There's a moral to the story..with friends like her..

               G
(who needs ene-mies?)

#2.

G              C                    Am
My best friend Barbara, she's going steady with Jim.

Em                                    A
And every single night I sit home and cry, while 

          D                            G
Barbara's kissin' him (while Barbara's kissin' him.)

               C
My best friend Barbara.

 C                       Am           C
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-

                            D       E
 run-dee-boppa-doo.)..((bom-bom-bom-bom.)

CHORUS:

E                               A
Look at her hangin' on his arm, tryin' very hard

to please.

          D
There's a moral to the story..with friends like her..

               G
(who needs ene-mies?)

#3.

G              C                    Am
My best friend Barbara, she's going steady with Jim.

Em                                    A
And every single night I sit home and cry, while 

          D                            G
Barbara's kissin' him (while Barbara's kissin' him.)

               C
My best friend Barbara.

 C                       Am           C
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-

               Am             
 run-dee-boppa-doo-run-run.)

D                  Em                     F
And if it takes me forever and a day, I'm gonna 

               G                        C
steal my Jimmy away from my best friend Barbara.

 C                       Am           C
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-

               Am           C
 run-dee-boppa-doo-run-run..run-dee-run-dee-boppa-

 Am
 doo-run-run.)

OUTRO:

        C                          Am
Oh, her lipstick's all a mess, she thinks that

she's the best.

      C                            Am
She's walkin' down the street in a tight yellow 

                      C
dress..my best friend Barbara..whoa-whoa-whoa..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.