My Best Friend Barbara chords by Connie Francis

My Best Friend Barbara:Connie Francis.
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.