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My Best Friend Barbara

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Connie Francis (born 12 December 1938 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is an American pop singer best known for international hit songs such as "Who's Sorry Now?," "Where The Boys Are", and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool".

Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero in Newark's Italian Down Neck or Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey neighbourhood, she is considered the most prolific and popular female rock 'n' roll hit-maker of the early rock era -- the late 1950s to the early 1960s.

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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.)

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