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.