Tuning: Standard
Difficulty: Novice
looking out my back door
intro Bb(strum)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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
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---------------------------3--3-5--3-5s7-----7s5-3--3s8---7s3--2---------------|
-----3--3-3--3-5--3-----3---------------------------5s8---8s3--3------3--------|
-3-5-----------------5---------------------------------------------------------|
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Bb Gm Eb Bb F Bb
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----------------------------------------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-|
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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
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---------3-5--3-----3-----1-3--1--1--1--1------------------1------------5--3-5-3-|
-2s4------------------------------0------------------0-0-2------2s4--------4-5-4-|
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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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