If A Woman Answers:Leroy Van Dyke.
#3 US Country and #35 on BB Hot 100
on MERCURY Records in 1962.
INTRO: C F G
#1.
C F
Her arms are cold but still she holds me to
that vow.
G C
What once was love is now a prison wall.
C F
And though I’d break away to meet you anyhow.
G C
I have to say please remember when you call.
CHORUS:
F G C
If a woman answers, hang up the phone.
F G C
Don’t take a chance, please don’t ask for me.
F G C
If a woman answers, hang up the phone.
F G C
I love, you but darling, I’m not free.
INTERLUDE: C F G
#2.
C F
The chains that bind this heart of mine may never
break.
G C
But they can’t stop my heart from wanting you.
C F
I know that I should say, don’t call, for both
our sakes.
G C
But I can’t, so remember, when you do.
CHORUS:
F G C
If a woman answers, hang up the phone.
F G C
Don’t take a chance, please don’t ask for me.
F G C
If a woman answers, hang up the phone.
F G C
I love, you but darling, I’m not free.
OUTRO:
F G C F C
I love, you but darling, I’m not free.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.