Please don’t ask about Barbara    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - Am - C (2x)

 

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1.    Please, don't ask about Barbara,

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    don't ask me if she's found somebody new.

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    ‘Cause I would try to smile, but in a little while

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    my tears would show, and then you'd know, it's true.

 

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2.     Please don't ask about Barbara,

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    the hurt will bring the teardrops to my eyes.

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    Though I would pretend, that now she's just a friend,

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    you'd look at me, and see right through the lies.

 

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+  Tears, tears, go away,          come again another day !

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    How can I hide this pain I feel inside,

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    when little teardrops give my heart away ?

 

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3.    Don't you ever tell Barbara,

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    I'd rather die than let her know I'm cryin'.

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    Let her run around, until the day she's found,

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    she needs me back again, - - - but this I ask till then :

 

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+     Please, don't ask about Barbara !

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Bobby Vee)