Lookin' Out My Back Door John Fogerty
 
 
Bb x4 Gm x4 (Barre Chords)
 
 
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Bb Gm
Just got home from Illinois. Lock the front door oh boy.
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Got to set down take a rest on the porch. D—3------
Bb Gm
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin’
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Doot doot doot lookin’ out my back door.
 Bb Gm
There’s a giant doin’ cart wheels. A statue wearing high heels.
Eb Bb F
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bb Gm
Dinosaur victrola, listenin’ to Buck Owens,
Eb Bb F Bb
doot doot doot lookin out my back door
 
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Tambourines and elephants are playin’ in the band.
  Bb Gm F F7
Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo.
 
Bb Gm
Wonderous apparition provided by magician,
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doot doot doot lookin out my back door
 
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Tambourines and elephants are playin’ in the band.
  Bb Gm F F7
Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo.
 
Bb Gm
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrow,
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doot doot doot lookin out my back door.
 
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Forward troubles Illinois. Lock the front door oh boy.
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Look at all the happy creatures dancin on the lawn. A-|----0--2---
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Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrow.
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doot doot doot lookin out my back door.
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Chords: 
Bb x13331 G 320003 F 133211
Gm 355333 C x32010
Eb x68886 Am x02210