The Motion Chords
The Motion by Pause For The Cause is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Dm, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Note
The Intro and Verses are picked like this:
e|-----0--------|-----1--------|-----1--------|-----3--------|
B|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------3-----|--------3-----|
G|-----------0--|-----------2--|-----------2--|-----------0--|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-(3)----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
The (3) is picked only one single time when the Intro starts.
Intro
C F Dm G
C F Dm G
verse 1
C F
You tell me that you love me
Dm G C F Dm G
And you never want me to say goodbye
C F
But it seems like every other day
Dm G C F Dm G
I'm hearing rumors about some other guy
Am G
Ooh, I know I'll never be your first love
C F
And now I'll probably never be your last
C F
Because I stole you from the dancefloor
Dm G C F Dm
Now it's finally taking you back
G
'Cause I know, 'cause I know
C F
I said it's all about the motion
Dm G
Gotta keep it moving baby
C F Dm G
Not stuck in one place for the rest of your life
C F
It's all about the motion
Dm G
You're coming, you're going
C F
You need me, you leave me
Dm G Am
It's all just a dance in your eyes
verse 2
C F
I wish that I could keep you
Dm G C F Dm G
Safe and warm with me all of the time
C F
But it's seems like every other day
Dm G C F Dm G
You've got excuses to go out for the night
Am G
Well, maybe I'm just getting boring,
C F
Or maybe you'd just rather go out alone
C F
So baby shake it on the dancefloor
Dm G C F Dm
Knowing I'll be lying awake at home
G
'Cause I know, 'cause I know
C F
I said it's all about the motion
Dm G
Gotta keep it moving baby
C F Dm G
Not stuck in one place for the rest of your life
C F
It's all about the motion
Dm G
You're coming, you're going
C F
You need me, you leave me
Dm G Am
It's all just a dance in your eyes
Bridge
G
But maybe some day soon
C
When the rhythm gets stale
F Am
And your bones get too brittle to move
G
Yeah, maybe some day soon...
C
You'll believe all these lies
F
That I'm telling you now
C F
I said it's all about the motion
Dm G
Gotta keep it moving baby
C F Dm G
Not stuck in one place for the rest of your life
C F
It's all about the motion
Dm G
You're coming, you're going
C F
You need me, you leave me
Dm G C
It's all just a dance in your eyes
Outro
F Dm G C
(all about the motion) oh, it's just a dance in your eyes
F Dm G C
(all about the motion) oh, it's just a dance in your eyes
F Dm G C
(all about the motion) oh, it's just a dance in your eyes
F Dm G Am
(all about the motion) oh, it's just a dance in your eyes