Reamonn - Only When You Sleep: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Only When You Sleep" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Only when you sleep
                  G
Baby it's just a dream that's keeping you awake
              Bm
It's just a dream that's making you shake
              Am                     Cm
It's just a dream and soon it'll be gone

You think you control it
What you don't really know is
That it's controlling you

The fear of leaving and
the nightmare of sleeping
Not all your dreams come true

Chorus:
Cm                   G Bm           Am
It's only when you sleep when you sleep it
           C
all goes wrong
                     G Bm           Am
It's only when you sleep when you sleep it
           C Cm
all goes wrong

In a moment of weakness
You try to resolve
this feeling you can't explain

Then you notice it's not what you wanted
You're driving yourself insane

Chorus

It's only when you sleep it's only when you sleep
I could hold you I could save you yeah
I could keep you from harm

Cause she sleeps in a bad dream
And she wakes in a movie scene
next to one who cares

Chorus

Cause she thinks she controls it she thinks
she knows it
It's just a dream just a lonely dream and
then you wake


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Only When You Sleep" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Only When You Sleep" by Reamonn.