Biography:
Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer, who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedlee Dee" (1955), "Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I Cried a Tear" (1958).
Baker was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s she was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "D.
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If You Love Me:LaVern Baker.
#79 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC
Records in 1957.
INTRO:
E A
(If you love me, if you love me, if you
F#m B
looooooove me.)
#1.
E G# C#m
If the sun should tumble from the sky..if
F#m A B
the sea should suddenly run dry.
E G# A E
If you love me, really love me, let it happen,
C#m G# F#m B
I won't care.
#2.
E G# C#m
If it seems that everything is lost, I will
F#m A B
smile and never count the cost.
E G# A Am E
If you love me, really love me, let it happen,
A F#m B E
darling, I won't care.
BRIDGE:
G# C#m G# C#m
Shall I catch a shooting star, shall I bring
G# C#m A G#
it where you are..if you want me to, I will.
G#
(If you want me to, I will.)
Gb B E G#
You can set me any task, I'll do anything you
C#m A G#
ask..if you'll only say you love me, still.
B
(love me still.)
#3.
E G# C#m
When at last our life on Earth is through.
A F#m A B
I will share eternity with you.
E G# A Am
If you love me, really, really love me, let it
E C#m F#m B E
happen, darling, I won't care.
OUTRO:
C# F#m B E
Let it happen, darling, I won't care.
A Am B E
(I won't care, I won't care.)..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#79 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC
Records in 1957.
INTRO:
E A
(If you love me, if you love me, if you
F#m B
looooooove me.)
#1.
E G# C#m
If the sun should tumble from the sky..if
F#m A B
the sea should suddenly run dry.
E G# A E
If you love me, really love me, let it happen,
C#m G# F#m B
I won't care.
#2.
E G# C#m
If it seems that everything is lost, I will
F#m A B
smile and never count the cost.
E G# A Am E
If you love me, really love me, let it happen,
A F#m B E
darling, I won't care.
BRIDGE:
G# C#m G# C#m
Shall I catch a shooting star, shall I bring
G# C#m A G#
it where you are..if you want me to, I will.
G#
(If you want me to, I will.)
Gb B E G#
You can set me any task, I'll do anything you
C#m A G#
ask..if you'll only say you love me, still.
B
(love me still.)
#3.
E G# C#m
When at last our life on Earth is through.
A F#m A B
I will share eternity with you.
E G# A Am
If you love me, really, really love me, let it
E C#m F#m B E
happen, darling, I won't care.
OUTRO:
C# F#m B E
Let it happen, darling, I won't care.
A Am B E
(I won't care, I won't care.)..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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