Lookin’ out my back door
G - Em - C - G - D - G
G
Em
1. Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
C G D
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
G
Em
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,
C
G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
G
Em
2. There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin'
high heels,
C
G D
look at all the happy
creatures dancing on the lawn.
G
Em
A dinosaur Victrola,
listening to Buck Owens
C
G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
D
C G
Tambourines and
elephants are playing in the band,
G Em D -
D7
won't you take a ride on the
flyin' spoon ?
G
Em
Wond'rous
apparition, provided by magician,
C
G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
+ instrumental = verse 2
D
C G
Tambourines and
elephants are playing in the band,
G Em D
- D7
won't you take a ride on the
flyin' spoon ?
G
Em
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows,
C
G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
+ G - E - D
- A - F#m -
E
A F#m
3. Forward troubles Illinois, lock the
front door, oh, boy !
D A E
E7
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A
F#m
Bother me tomorrow, today
I'll buy no sorrows
D
A
E A
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
+ D - A - E
- A
(orig. = capo 4th) (Creedence
Clearwater Revival)