Poetry In Motion Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Ab
Capo:	no capo

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Poetry In Motion chords
Johnny Tillotson / Bobby Vee  1960 (Mike Anthony, Paul Kaufman)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)
 
Capo I (the Bobby Vee version is without capo)
 
G
When I see my baby
Am
What do I see
Bm
Poetry
C         D7
Poetry in motion
 
G         Em
Poetry in motion
C *           D7
Walkin' by my side
    G          Em
Her lovely locomotion
C *                D7
Keeps my eyes open wide
 
G         Em
Poetry in motion
C              D7
See her gentle sway
  G               Em
A wave out on the ocean
C           D7        G
Could never move that way
 
  B7         Em
I love every movement
            B7              Em
And there's nothing I would change
    B7             Em
She doesn't need improvement
      A7               D7
She's much too nice to rearrange
 
G         Em
Poetry in motion
C                D7
Dancing close to me
  G           Em
A flower of devotion
C         D7       G
A swaying gracefully
 
G
Whoa
Em                      Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7                      G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Em                      Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7
Whooooooooa
 
G         Em
Poetry in motion
C              D7
See her gentle sway
  G               Em
A wave out on the ocean
C           D7        G
Could never move that way
 
  B7         Em
I love every movement
            B7              Em
And there's nothing I would change
    B7             Em
She doesn't need improvement
      A7               D7
She's much too nice to rearrange
 
G         Em
Poetry in motion
C          D7
All that I adore
   G                Em
No number-nine love potion
C             D7       G
Could make me love her more
 
G
Whoa
Em                      Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7                      G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Em                      Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7
Whooooooooa
 
* It has been suggested that Am be substitued for C
 
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Thanx for this... One small correction - There's a C7 in the bridge: B7 Em B7 Em I love every movement, and there's nothing I would change B7 C7 A7 D7 She doesn't need improvement, she's much too nice to rearrange

Definitely needed a Capo on 1, then it was great. I wanted to give you 5 stars but you need to add the Capo first.

Hi Pencom, Correct me if I'm wrong... The Alternate Key for Johnny Tillotson at the bottom of the page, should go to Capo on 1. With Capo, this G-Key goes up, not down. So G (F ?), becomes a G# and so on for the other Chords. There's no need though for those Chords, as one can Transpose to all Keys at the bottom of the page. Cheers, André