Chords for Johnny tillotson - poetry in motion 1974

_ _ You know in the late 50s there wasn't a teenage girl wearing a ponytail and Bobby socks that didn't have a crush on this teenage
Idol, let's turn back the clock now to this hit record September
1959 and Johnny Tillotson
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[Abm] These [N] days
The Las Vegas star a star of the nightclub circuit and a whale of a lot better-looking.
Thank goodness my good friend.
Mr.
Johnny Tillotson
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do I see
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Poetry [C] in motion
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ Walking [Bbm] _
by [Eb] my side
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_ [Bbm] Keeps my eye
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] See her
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Wave [Ab] out
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never [Ab] move that way [C] I
Love [Db] every move and [C] there's nothing I [Fm] would change
She [C] doesn't need
[Db] Improvement [Bbm] she's much too nice to be a [Ab] rain _ _ _
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myself to [Em] sleep [A] each [D] night
Wishing I could hold me tight [A] life seems so empty since you [E] went away
_ _ The _ [A] pillow where you [Em] lay
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_ Since [A] you're [D] gone
_ [A] _ It _ [E] _ keeps right on
Every _ [D] minute _ of the day _ [E] every hour
_ _ I feel [D] so low
_ _ [A] And I [E] can't help [Bm] it I _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] did
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_ Since [A] _ you're gone
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_ Ordered that song you wrote it how many other people did it?
I think about 89 people different kinds.
Yeah people like Elvis Presley Dean Martin boots Randolph
Back in the old days as my kids say tell me about the olden days
How did you select songs my producer did most of it Archie Blyer?
He had a great year for hit songs and and so does my current producer now Billy Sherrill for Columbia
But they did all the hard work you and I traveled most of the world together in a bus doing rock and roll tours
What do you remember about those quote good old days that I didn't get much sleep?
No, they were a lot of fun.
And and you know, we all had the same band back in those days
They weren't self-contained groups like today and you always gave us a group that played all of our music great
No matter what kind of artist you bring me right to this point
You remember a little guy who's sitting back of the bus with a guitar bass and practice James William Garcia
Oh, you do he and a couple of other guys played in our backup band on those rock and roll tours
And if you will sir direct your attention over here to what