Looking Out My Backdoor Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G][G][Em]
[C][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Just got home from Illinois,
[Em]lock the front door, oh boy
[C]Got to sit [G]down, take a [D]rest on the porch
I[G]magination sets in, [Em]pretty soon I'm singing
[C]Doot, doot, [G]doo, looking [D]out my back [G]door

[Verse 2]
There's a [G]giant doing cartwheels,
a [Em]statue wearing high heels
[C]Look at all the [G]happy creatures
[D]dancing on the lawn
[G]Dinosaur Victrola, [Em]listening to Buck Owens
[C]Doot, doot, [G]doo, looking [D]out my back [G]door

[Chorus 1]
[D]Tambourines and elephants
are [C]playing in the [G]band
Won't take a ride [Em]on the flying sp[D]oon,
dootin' doo doo
[G]Wondrous apparition, pro[Em]vided by magician
[C]Doot, doot, [G]doo, looking [D]out my back [G]door

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][C][G][D]
[G][Em][C][G][D][G]

[Chorus 2]
[D]Tambourines and elephants
are [C]playing in the [G]band
Won't take a ride [Em]on the flying sp[D]oon,
dootin' doo doo
[G]Bother me tomorrow, to[Em]day I'll buy no sorrows
[C]Doot, doot, [G]doo, looking [D]out my back [G]door

[Interlude 2]
[E][D][A]
[F#m][E]

[Verse 3]
[A]Forward troubles Illinois,
[F#m]lock the front door, oh boy
[D]Look at all the [A]happy creatures
[E]dancing on the lawn
[A]Bother me tomorrow, to[F#m]day I'll buy no sorrows
[D]Doot, doot, [A]doo, looking [E]out my back [A]door

[Outro 1]
[D][A][E][A]