Lookin’ out my back door

Verse 1
[C] Just got home from [Am] Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
[F] Got to sit [C] down, take a [G] rest on the porch.
[C] Imagination sets [Am] in, pretty soon I’m singing,
[F] doo, doo, [C] doo, [G] lookin’ out my [C] back door.

Verse 2
[C] There’s a giant doing [Am] cartwheels, a statue wearin’ high heels,
[F] look at all the [C] happy [G] creatures dancing on the lawn.
[C] A dinosaur Victro-[Am] la, listening to Buck Owens
[F] doo, doo, [C] doo, [G] lookin’ out my [C] back door.

Chorus
[G] Tambourines and elephants [F] are playing in [C] the band,
won’t you take a [Am] ride on the [G] flyin’ spoon ?
[C] Wond’rous apparition, [Am] provided by magician,
[F] doo, doo, [C] doo, [G] lookin’ out my [C] back door.

Instrumental
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]

Chorus
[G] Tambourines and elephants [F] are playing in [C] the band,
won’t you take a [Am] ride on the [G] flyin’ spoon ?
[C] Bother me tomorrow, [Am] today I’ll buy no sorrows,
[F] doo, doo, [C] doo, [G] lookin’ out my [C] back door.

key change up
[A] [G] [D] [D] [Bm] [A]

Verse 3
[D] Forward troubles Illinois, [Bm] lock the front door, oh boy !
[G] Look at all the [D] happy creatures [A] dancing on the lawn.
[D] Bother me tomorrow, [Bm] today I’ll buy no sorrows
[G] doo, doo, [D] doo, lookin’ [A] out my back [D] door.