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Johnny Tillotson

Poetry In Motion

by Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson

Biography:

Johnny Tillotson (born 20 April 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA) is an American singer and songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored 9 top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult contemporary billboard charts including "Poetry In Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'".

In 1957 while still in high school, Tillotson was making records and performing on stage; as a student at the University of Florida, he had his own musical variety show on regional television.

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Poetry In Motion chords
Johnny Tillotson / Bobby Vee 1960 (Mike Anthony, Paul Kaufman)*

G
When I see my baby
Am
What do I see
G
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
Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7 G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
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
Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7 G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D7
Whooooooooa

* Alternate:

Capo II

G = F
Am = Gm
C = Bb
D7 = C7
Em = Dm
B7 = A7

Set8

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