Looking Out My Back Door tab by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice



looking out my back door

intro      Bb(strum)
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-x--x-x--x-x--x- ---3---3-|
-x--x-x--x-x--x- ---3---3-|
-x--x-x--x-x--x- ---3---3-|
-x--x-x--x-x--x- -1---1---|
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Bb     Gm     Eb   Bb   F     Bb
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           -s8-s8--6-------------------|
           ----------7s5s3-s7-s7--s5-3-|
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  Bb                Gm
(1)Just got home from Illinois,   lock the front door, oh boy!
(2)There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels

Eb     Bb      F
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn


Bb          Gm
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.

CHORUS:
Eb    Bb      F      Bb
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

F               Eb       Bb
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
           Gm      F
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?(Doo, doo doo)
Bb          Gm
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.

CHORUS

solo
   Bb          Gm            Eb  Bb  F
-----------------------------------------------------------------1-------------|
------------------------------------------6---------4s8---6s3--1----1---3--1-1-|
---------------------------3--3-5--3-5s7-----7s5-3--3s8---7s3--2---------------|
-----3--3-3--3-5--3-----3---------------------------5s8---8s3--3------3--------|
-3-5-----------------5---------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Bb          Gm            Eb  Bb  F    Bb
-------------------------------------------6---------------------1--------|
----------------------------------------s7---7s5----4s8---6s3--1----1---3-|
---------------------------3--3-5--3-5s----------3--3s8---7s3--2------1-3-|
-----3--3-3--3-5--3-----3---------------------------5s8---8s3--3--------3-|
---------------------5----------------------------------------------------|
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Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

CHORUS

(mute strings)
Bb            Bb A Ab

 G           F     C         Am    G
------3----------3-----1----------0---------------------------------3------------|
---------3-5--3-----3-----1-3--1--1--1--1------------------1------------5--3-5-3-|
-2s4------------------------------0------------------0-0-2------2s4--------4-5-4-|
-----------------------------------------------0-2----------------------5--5-5-5-|
-------------------------------------------3-3-----------------------------------|
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C                 Am
Forward troubles Illinois,    lock the front door, oh boy!
F        C        G
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
C          Am
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

CHORUS:
F     C      G      C G C
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

outro
 F     C      G      C G C
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-s10-s10---8------------s5-s5----------|
------------------9s5-----------s7--s5-|
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