When I Stop Dreaming

Emmylou Harris

Written by Ira Louvin and Charlie Louvin

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C        C7   F               C         G7          C
When I   stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
                              F          C
The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
    G7                        F         C
The first time I've ever have wanted to die
                                                 F
Was the night when you told me you loved someone else
    C                   G7
And asked me if I could forget
C        C7   F               C         G7           C
When I   stop dreaming that's when I'll stop wanting you

Verse 2

You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
    G7                        F           C
And you may take a pebble and teach it to grow
                                                  F
You may teach all the rain drops to return to the clouds
    C                           G7
But you can't teach my heart to forget
C       C7   F               C         G7          C
When I  stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you