My Best Friend Barbara:Connie Francis.
Album - Rocksides (1957-64) on UNIVERSAL
Records. (Orig. single 1963.)
INTRO:(SPOKEN:)
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I told my best friend, Barbara, what a great
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guy Jimmy was.
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Who ever thought the day would come when
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Jimmy would be hers?
#1.
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My best friend Barbara told me Jimmy's no good
Em A
and like a fool I listened to her.
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The way she knew I would..(the way she knew I
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would) my best friend Barbara.
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(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
run-dee-boppa-doo.)
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My best friend Barbara said he cheats and he lies.
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She couldn't wait for me to break up with him.
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Now, Jimmy's Barbara's guy..(now Jimmy's Barbara's
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guy) my best friend Barbara..(bom-bom-bom-bom.)
CHORUS:
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Look at her hangin' on his arm, tryin' very hard
to please.
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There's a moral to the story..with friends like her..
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(who needs ene-mies?)
#2.
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My best friend Barbara, she's going steady with Jim.
Em A
And every single night I sit home and cry, while
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Barbara's kissin' him (while Barbara's kissin' him.)
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My best friend Barbara.
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(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
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run-dee-boppa-doo.)..((bom-bom-bom-bom.)
CHORUS:
E A
Look at her hangin' on his arm, tryin' very hard
to please.
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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
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Barbara's kissin' him (while Barbara's kissin' him.)
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My best friend Barbara.
C Am C
(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
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run-dee-boppa-doo-run-run.)
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And if it takes me forever and a day, I'm gonna
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steal my Jimmy away from my best friend Barbara.
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(run-dee-run-dee-run-dee-doo-run-run..run-dee-
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run-dee-boppa-doo-run-run..run-dee-run-dee-boppa-
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doo-run-run.)
OUTRO:
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Oh, her lipstick's all a mess, she thinks that
she's the best.
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She's walkin' down the street in a tight yellow
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dress..my best friend Barbara..whoa-whoa-whoa..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.