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Only When I Sleep

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[Verse 1]
BmYou're Aonly just a Edreamboat 
Sailing in my Bmhead
You Aswim my secret Eocean
Of coral blue and Bmred
Your Asmell is incense Eburning
Your touch is silken Gyet
It reaches through my Dskin
Moving from withGin
And clutches at my F#breast 
[Chorus]
But it's only when I Bmsleep 
I see you in my Ddreams 
Got me spinning Eround and round
Turning Emupside Adown
But I only hear you Bmbreathe
Somewhere in my Dsleep        
Got me spinning Eround and round
Turning Emupside Adown        
But it's only when I Bmsleep
[Verse 2]
And when I Awake from Eslumber
Your shadow's disappeBmared
Your Abreath is just a Esea mist 
Surrounding my Bmbody
I'm Aworking through the Edaytime
But when it's time to Grest
I'm lying in my Dbed
Listening to my Gbreath
Falling from the F#edge
[Chorus]
But it's only when I Bmsleep 
I see you in my Ddreams 
Got me spinning Eround and round
Turning Emupside Adown
But I only hear you Bmbreathe
Somewhere in my Dsleep        
Got me spinning Eround and round
Turning Emupside Adown        
But it's only when I Bmsleep
Yeah Yeah DYeah
Yeah Yeah GYeah
Yeah Yeah F#Yeah
But it's only when I Bmsleep
[Solo]
Bm, D, E, Em, A
Bm, D, E, Em, A, Bm
It's reaching through my Dskin
Moving from withGin
And clutches at my F#breast...
[Chorus]
But it's only when I Bmsleep 
I see you in my Ddreams 
Got me spinning Eround and round
Turning Emupside Adown
But I only hear you Bmbreathe
Somewhere in my Dsleep        
Got me spinning Eround and round
Turning Emupside Adown        
But it's only when I Bmsleep

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Only When I Sleep

by The Corrs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

Bm A E

You're only just a dreamboat

Sailing in my head

A E

You swim my secret ocean

Of coral blue and red

A E

Your smell is incense burning

Your touch is silken yet

It reaches through my skin

Moving from within

And clutches at my breast

[Chorus]

But it's only when I sleep

I see you in my dreams

Got me spinning round and round

Em A

Turning upside down

But I only hear you breathe

Somewhere in my sleep

Got me spinning round and round

Em A

Turning upside down

But it's only when I sleep

[Verse 2]

A E

And when I wake from slumber

Your shadow's disappeared

A E

Your breath is just a sea mist

Surrounding my body

A E

I'm working through the daytime

But when it's time to rest

I'm lying in my bed

Listening to my breath

Falling from the edge

[Chorus]

But it's only when I sleep

I see you in my dreams

Got me spinning round and round

Em A

Turning upside down

But I only hear you breathe

Somewhere in my sleep

Got me spinning round and round

Em A

Turning upside down

But it's only when I sleep

Yeah Yeah Yeah

But it's only when I sleep

[Solo]

Bm, D, E, Em, A

Bm, D, E, Em, A, Bm

It's reaching through my skin

Moving from within

And clutches at my breast...

[Chorus]

But it's only when I sleep

I see you in my dreams

Got me spinning round and round

Em A

Turning upside down

But I only hear you breathe

Somewhere in my sleep

Got me spinning round and round

Em A

Turning upside down

But it's only when I sleep

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