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Lookin Out My Back Door Chords

[Intro]
C    Am    F  C  G  C
 
 
[Verse 1]
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.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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.
 
 
[Chorus]
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.
 
 
[Instrumental]
C    Am     F  C  G
C    Am     F  C  G  C
 
 
[Chorus]
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]
A G D    D Bm A
 
 
[Verse 3]
D                           Bm
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
G                 D                A
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
D                     Bm
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
 
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