Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door

lookin out my back door

standard tuning

intro : D – Bm – G – D – A – D

D Bm
just got home from illinois , lock the front door , oh boy !

G D A
got to sit down , take a rest on the porch .

D Bm
imagination sets in , pretty soon i’m singing ,

G D A D
doo , doo , doo , lookin’ out my back door .

D Bm
there’s a giant doing cartwheels , a statue wearin’ high heels ,

G D A
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn .

D Bm
a dinosaur victrola , listening to buck owens

G D A D
doo , doo , doo , lookin’ out my back door .

A G D
tambourines and elephants are playing in the band ,

Bm A
won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon ?

D Bm
wond’rous apparition , provided by magician ,

G D A D
doo , doo , doo , lookin’ out my back door .

interlude

A F C
tambourines and elephants are playing in the band ,

A G
won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon ?

C A
bother me tomorrow , today i’ll buy no sorrows ,

G D A D
doo , doo , doo , lookin’ out my back door .

key change :

solo you play : B A E E C# B

E C#
forward troubles illinois , lock the front door , oh boy !

A E B
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn .

E C#
bother me tomorrow , today i’ll buy no sorrows

A E B E
doo , doo , doo , lookin’ out my back door .

outro A E B E