When I Stop Dreaming

Louvin Brothers

Written by Ira and Charles Louvin

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

     C      F
When I stop dreaming
       C              G7     C
That's when I'll stop loving you

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

     C      F
When I stop dreaming
       C              G7     C
That's when I'll stop loving you

Verse 4

I'd be like a flower unwanted in spring
G7                       F          C
Alone and neglected transplanted in vain
               C7                F
To a garden of sadness where its petals will fall
       C                  G7
In the shadows of undying pain

Verse 5

     C      F
When I stop dreaming
       C              G7          C
That's when I'll stop thinking of you

Verse 6

You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
    G7                    F           C
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
                      C7           F
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
        C                       G7
But you can't teach my heart to forget

Verse 7

     C      F
When I stop dreaming
       C                     G7 C F C
That's when I'll stop crying you