Lookin' out My Back Door (midi)   (sample)

 

      C                                       Am

1. Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !

     F              C                 G                 G7

    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

2. There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,

     F                    C                        G                      G7

    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.

      C                                    Am

3. Forward troubles Illinois,  lock the front door, oh boy !

     F                    C                         G                     G7

   Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.

     C                                  Am

   Bother me tomorrow,  today I'll buy no sorrows

     F              C                G                  C

    doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.

      G                                                  F                    C

4. Tambourines and elephants  are playing in the band,

                                     Am                  G    - G7

    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.

     G                                                  F                    C

5.Tambourines and elephants  are playing in the band,

                                     Am                  G    - G7

    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.

 

    (Creedence Clearwater Revival)