My Best Friend Barbara chords by Connie Francis

Chords with lyrics

My Best Friend Barbara:Connie Francis.
Album - Rocksides (1957-64) on UNIVERSAL
Records. (Orig. single 1963.)

INTRO:(SPOKEN:)
C majorC           A augmentedA    Am7Am7
I told my best friend, Barbara, what a great
     D MajorD
guy Jimmy was.
                G+G  Bb majorBb
Who ever thought the day would come when
        G+G
Jimmy would be hers?

#1.
C majorC               A minorAm
My best friend Barbara told me Jimmy's no good
  E minorEm      A augmentedA
and like a fool I listened to her.
      D MajorD             G+G
The way she knew I would..(the way she knew I
           C majorC
would) my best friend Barbara.
 C majorC            A minorAm      C majorC
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-

 run-dee-boppa-doo.)
C majorC               A minorAm
My best friend Barbara said he cheats and he lies.
E minorEm             A augmentedA
She couldn't wait for me to break up with him.
       DmDm             G+G
Now, Jimmy's Barbara's guy..(now Jimmy's Barbara's
          C majorC       D MajorD    E MajorE
guy) my best friend Barbara..(bom-bom-bom-bom.)

CHORUS:
E MajorE                A augmentedA
Look at her hangin' on his arm, tryin' very hard

to please.
     D MajorD
There's a moral to the story..with friends like her..
        G+G
(who needs ene-mies?)

#2.
G+G       C majorC          A minorAm
My best friend Barbara, she's going steady with Jim.
E minorEm                  A augmentedA
And every single night I sit home and cry, while
     D MajorD              G+G
Barbara's kissin' him (while Barbara's kissin' him.)
        C majorC
My best friend Barbara.
 C majorC            A minorAm      C majorC
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
              D MajorD    E MajorE
 run-dee-boppa-doo.)..((bom-bom-bom-bom.)

CHORUS:
E MajorE                A augmentedA
Look at her hangin' on his arm, tryin' very hard

to please.
     D MajorD
There's a moral to the story..with friends like her..
        G+G
(who needs ene-mies?)

#3.
G+G       C majorC          A minorAm
My best friend Barbara, she's going steady with Jim.
E minorEm                  A augmentedA
And every single night I sit home and cry, while
     D MajorD              G+G
Barbara's kissin' him (while Barbara's kissin' him.)
        C majorC
My best friend Barbara.
 C majorC            A minorAm      C majorC
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
        A minorAm
 run-dee-boppa-doo-run-run.)
D MajorD         E minorEm           FF
And if it takes me forever and a day, I'm gonna
        G+G            C majorC
steal my Jimmy away from my best friend Barbara.
 C majorC            A minorAm      C majorC
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
        A minorAm      C majorC
 run-dee-boppa-doo-run-run..run-dee-run-dee-boppa-
 A minorAm
 doo-run-run.)

OUTRO:
    C majorC             A minorAm
Oh, her lipstick's all a mess, she thinks that

she's the best.
   C majorC              A minorAm
She's walkin' down the street in a tight yellow
           C majorC
dress..my best friend Barbara..whoa-whoa-whoa..(Fade.)


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.