Poetry in motion    (midi)

 

G - C                                   Dm

          When I see my baby,       what do I see?

Em            Dm                  G

      Poetry !     Poetry in motion !

 

       C           Am        Dm                 G

1. Poetry in motion, walking by my side,

           C               Am       Dm                    G

    her lovely locomotion, keeps my eyes open wide.

       C           Am       Dm                     G

    Poetry in motion, see her gentle sway !

          C                    Am                   F         G             C

    A wave out on the ocean, could never move that way.

      E               Am                          E                        Am

   I love every movement, there’s nothing  I would change,

            E                        F                          Dm                      G  G7

   she doesn’t need improvements, she’s much too nice to rearrange !

 

       C           Am       Dm                     G

2. Poetry in motion, dancing close to me,

         C              Am              F          G       C

    a flower of devotion, a-swaying gracefully.

 

+ instrumental : C – Am - Dm - G      C – Am - Dm - G

 

              C           Am      Dm                      G

    Oh, Poetry in motion, see her gentle sway !

          C                    Am                    F        G             C

    A wave out on the ocean, could never move that way.

      E               Am                          E                      Am

   I love every movement, there’s nothing  would change,

            E                        F                          Dm                      G  G7

   she doesn’t need improvements, she’s much too nice to rearrange !

 

       C           Am      Dm            G

3. Poetry in motion, all that I adore,

           C                   Am                  F            G             C

    no number 9 love potion could make me love her more.

 

+  C – Am - Dm - G        C – Am - Dm – G …..

 

(orig. = capo 5th, midi=capo 8th)   (Pat Boone / Johnny Tillotson)