looking out my back door
intro            Bb(strum)
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                      -s8-s8--6-------------------|
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   Bb                                Gm
(1)Just got home from Illinois,      lock the front door, oh boy!
(2)There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels
Eb         Bb           F
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn

Bb                   Gm
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.
CHORUS:
Eb        Bb           F           Bb
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.
F                             Eb             Bb
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
                      Gm            F
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?(Doo, doo doo)
Bb                    Gm
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.
CHORUS
solo
     Bb                    Gm                       Eb    Bb   F
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---------------------------3--3-5--3-5s7-----7s5-3--3s8---7s3--2---------------|
-----3--3-3--3-5--3-----3---------------------------5s8---8s3--3------3--------|
-3-5-----------------5---------------------------------------------------------|
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     Bb                    Gm                       Eb    Bb   F        Bb
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-----3--3-3--3-5--3-----3---------------------------5s8---8s3--3--------3-|
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Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.
CHORUS
(mute strings)
Bb                       Bb A Ab
 G                     F          C                  Am        G
------3----------3-----1----------0---------------------------------3------------|
---------3-5--3-----3-----1-3--1--1--1--1------------------1------------5--3-5-3-|
-2s4------------------------------0------------------0-0-2------2s4--------4-5-4-|
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C                                 Am
Forward troubles Illinois,        lock the front door, oh boy!
F               C               G
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
C                   Am
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.
CHORUS:
F         C            G           C G C
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.
outro
 F         C            G            C G C
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