Please Don't Ask About Barbara Chords
by Bobby Vee
Please Don't Ask About Barbara by Bobby Vee is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#m, G#m, A, Am, B, E7 and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: E C#m E C#m
E
Please don't ask about Barbara
C#m G#m
Don't ask me if she's found somebody new
A Am
'cause I would try to smile but in a little while
B E
My tears would show and then you'd know it's true
E
Please don't ask about Barbara
C#m G#m
The hurt will bring the teardrops to my eyes
A Am
Though I would pretend that now she's just a friend
B E E7
You'd look at me and see right through the lies
A G#m F#m E C#m
Tears, tears, go away, come again another day
A B E
How can I hide this pain I feel inside
B
When little teardrops give my heart away?
E
Don't you ever tell Barbara
C#m G#m
I'd rather die than let her know I'm cryin'
A Am
Let her run around until the day she's found
B
She needs me back again but this I ask till then
E
"Please don't ask about Barbara"