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When I Stop Dreaming
Glen Campbell
live Performance Hee Haw
Intro    A   A7    D    A    E    E7    A  
Chorus 1
AWhen I..A7.... stop Ddreaming
That's Awhen I'll stop lEovE7ing Ayou
Verse 1
The worst that I've Dever been Ahurt in my lifeE  
The first time I E7thought that I Dwanted to Adie
Was the night that you A7told me you Dloved someone else
And Aasked me if I A7could EforgetE7  
Chorus 2
When AI..A7... stop dDreaming
That's Awhen I'll stop ElovE7ing Ayou
Verse 2
Cause I'd be like a Dflower unwAanted in spring
EAlone and neglected transDplanted in Avain
To a garden of A7sadness where tDhe pedals would fall
In the Ashadows of undying EpainE7  
Chorus 3
When AI..A7... stop Ddreaming
That's Awhen I'll stop lEoviE7ng Ayou
riff     A    A7    D    A     E    E7  A  
Verse 3
You can teach all the Dflowers Ato bloom in the snow
You may Etake a pebble and Dteach it to Agrow
You may teach all the rainA7drops to rDeturn to the clouds
But you cAan't teach my heart to EforgetE7  
Outro
When AI..A7... stop Ddreaming
That's Awhen I'll stop ElovE7ing Ayou
A7When AI..A7.. stop Ddreaming
That's Awhen I'll stop lEoviE7ng DyouuAuu
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Glen Travis Campbell

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When I Stop Dreaming

by Glen Campbell

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When I Stop Dreaming

Glen Campbell

live Performance Hee Haw

A A7 D A E E7 A

Intro

Chorus 1

A A7 D

When I...... stop dreaming

A E E7 A

That's when I'll stop loving you

Verse 1

D A E

The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life

E7 D A

The first time I thought that I wanted to die

A7 D

Was the night that you told me you loved someone else

A A7 E E7

And asked me if I could forget

Chorus 2

A A7 D

When I..... stop dreaming

A E E7 A

That's when I'll stop loving you

Verse 2

D A

Cause I'd be like a flower unwanted in spring

E D A

Alone and neglected transplanted in vain

A7 D

To a garden of sadness where the pedals would fall

A E E7

In the shadows of undying pain

Chorus 3

A A7 D

When I..... stop dreaming

A E E7 A

That's when I'll stop loving you

A A7 D A E E7 A

riff

Verse 3

D A

You can teach all the flowers to bloom in the snow

E D A

You may take a pebble and teach it to grow

A7 D

You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds

A E E7

But you can't teach my heart to forget

Outro

A A7 D

When I..... stop dreaming

A E E7 A

That's when I'll stop loving you

A7 A A7 D

When I.... stop dreaming

A E E7 D A

That's when I'll stop loving youuuu

flyinglibra51

Glen Travis Campbell

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