If I Didn't Care

Words & Music by Jack Lawrence
Recorded by The Ink Spots, 1939* (#2)


E7    Fdim   A6  Cdim  A6            E7  Fdim  A6    Cdim  A6
If I didn't care          more than words can say

     Edim    B7          Gdim Edim  B7    Edim    B7
If I didn't care would I feel this way?

               D        DM7        E7
If this isn't love then why do I thrill?

                   A        A9         F#m
And what makes my head go 'round and 'round

           D9   BbM7  E7
While my heart stands still?


E7   Fdim    A6   Cdim A6         E7 Fdim  A6   Cdim    A6
If I didn't care         would it be the same?

         Edim   B7      Gdim    B7       Edim       B7
Would my ev'ry prayer begin and end with just your name?

                D        DM7      D6      Cdim    A      F#7
And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?

                    D              E7        A       Edim   E7
Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?


Spoken (over verse chords): 

E7   Fdim    A6   Cdim  A6               E7        Fdim      A6 Cdim A6
If I didn't care             honey child, mo' than words can say.  

     Edim     B7	              Edim       B7
If I didn't  care   baby, would I feel this way?  


                        D          DM7       E7
Darlin'  if this isn't love, then why do I thrill so much?  

                         A         A9          F#m
What is it that makes my head go 'round and 'round   

          D9    BbM7        E7
While my heart just stands still so much?


E7  Fdim    A6  Cdim A6           E7 Fdim A6   Cdim    A6
If I didn't care         would it be the same?

          Edim  B7       Gdim    B7      Edim       B7
Would my ev'ry prayer begin and end with just your name?

                 D        DM7    D6     Cdim     A       F#7
And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?

                   D                E7       A     (  Edim     E7  )
Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?

*Other highly successful versions of this song were recorded by The Hilltoppers ('54, #17), Connie Francis ('59, #22), The Platters ('61, #30); and The Moments ('70, #44)

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.