[Intro]
C    Am    F  C  G  C
[Verse]
C                         Am 
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
F              C        G 
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.
[Verse]
C                              Am 
There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,
F               C             G 
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.
[Chorus]
G                          F            C 
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
                    Am          G 
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.
[Bridge]
C    Am     F  C  G
C    Am     F  C  G  C
[Chorus]
G                          F            C 
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
                    Am          G 
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.
[Solo]
A G D    D Bm A
[Verse]
D                           Bm 
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
G                 D                A 
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
D                     Bm 
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
G         D            A             D 
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
[Outro]
G D A D