intro : C - Am - F - C - G - C


C                         Am
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !

F              C        G 
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.

C                  Am
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,

F         C         G           C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.




C                              Am
There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,

F               C             G
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.

C                  Am
A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens

F         C         G            C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.




G                          F            C
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,

                    Am          G
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?

C                     Am
Wond'rous apparition, provided by magician,

F        C           G           C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.



interlude


G                          F            C
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,

                    Am          G
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?


C                   Am
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows,

F        C          G           C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.



key change:

solo you play :   A G D    D B A




D                           B
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !

G                 D                A
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.

D                     B
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows

G         D            A             D
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.



outro G D A D