Lookin' Out My Back Door     John Fogerty
 
 
Bb x4  Gm x4   (Barre Chords)
 
                      
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Bb                            Gm
Just got home from Illinois.  Lock the front door oh boy.
Eb         Bb          F                       G---0-2--
Got to set down take a rest on the porch.      D—3------
Bb                   Gm
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin’
Eb        Bb           F           Bb
Doot doot doot lookin’ out my back door.
          Bb                          Gm
There’s a giant doin’ cart wheels.  A statue wearing high heels.
Eb              Bb              F
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bb                 Gm
Dinosaur victrola, listenin’ to Buck Owens,
Eb        Bb          F           Bb
doot doot doot lookin out my back door
 
F                             Eb             Bb
Tambourines and elephants are playin’ in the band.
          Bb          Gm           F     F7
Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo.
 
Bb                    Gm
Wonderous apparition  provided by magician,
Eb        Bb          F           Bb
doot doot doot lookin out my back door
 
     Bb                                   Gm
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     Eb              Bb              F                      Bb
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F                             Eb             Bb
Tambourines and elephants are playin’ in the band.
          Bb          Gm           F     F7
Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo.
 
Bb                  Gm
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrow,
Eb        Bb          F           Bb 
doot doot doot lookin out my back door.
 
     Bb                                               G
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                       F                  C
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    Am               G                   C    G
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C                           Am
Forward troubles Illinois.  Lock the front door oh boy.
F               C               G
Look at all the happy creatures dancin on the lawn. A-|----0--2---
C                   Am                              E-|--3--------
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrow.
F         C           G           C
doot doot doot lookin out my back door.
                                F             C            G           C  G  C
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Chords: 
Bb  x13331      G   320003       F   133211
Gm  355333      C   x32010
Eb  x68886      Am  x02210