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I Can't Stop Loving You
Words & Music by Don GibsonRecorded by Don Gibson, 1958 (#81)
Also Recorded by Ray Charles, 1962* (#1)
G G7 C C/B Am7
I can't stop loving you --
Am7/G G Am7 G
I've made up my mind
Cdim(I) D9 D7 Am7 D7 G
To live in memories of the lonesome times.
G7 C C/B Am7
I can't stop wanting you;
Am7/G G Am7 G
It's useless to say
D9 D7 Cdim D7 G
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday.
Bridge:
D9 D7 G G7 C C/B Am7
Those happy hours that we once knew
Gdim G Am, G D9 D7
So long ago still make me blue
D9 D7 G Am7 G G7 C C/B Am7
They say that time heals a broken heart
Am7/G G D9 D7 G G+7 G7
But time has stood still since we've been apart.
G G7 C C/B Am7
I can't stop loving you --
Am7/G G Am7 G
I've made up my mind
Cdim(I) D9 D7 Am7 D7 G
To live in memories of the lonesome times.
G7 C C/B Am7
I can't stop wanting you;
Am7/G G Am7 G
It's useless to say
D9 D7 Cdim D7 G
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday.
*Charles' version of this song, which held the #1 spot for five weeks in 1962, was ranked as the #11 song of the 1960-1969 rock era -- a pretty remarkable accomplishment especially considering the fact that Charles was a non-country singer doing a what began as a country song, with the backing of a full chorus...and the fact that The Beatles practically owned the decade of the 60s.