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Lookin Out My Back Door

Artist Name
Creedence Clearwater Revival
LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR (J.C. Fogerty) 

{shuffle}
{chords} Bd                             Gm
{lead}   Ed        Bd          F           Bd

Bd                             Gm
Just got home from Illinois.  Lock the front door oh boy.
Ed         Bd          F
Got to set down take a rest on the porch.
Bd                   Gm
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin
Ed        Bd          F           Bd
Doot doot doot lookin out my back door.

Giant doin cart wheels.  A statue wearing high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on and on.
Dinosaur victrola  listenin to Buck Owens,
doot doot doot lookin out my back door

F                             Ed            Bd
Tambourines and elephants are playin in the band.
  Gm           F
Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo.
Bd                    Gm
Wonderous apparition  provided by magician,
Ed        Bd          F           Bd
Doot doot doot lookin out my back door.

{lead}

Tambourines and elephants are playin in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo.
Smile with me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow,
doot doot doot lookin out my back door.

{shuffle}
Bd A Ad G     F      C      Am        G

C                           Am
Forward troubles Illinois.  Lock the front door oh boy.
F               C               G
Look at all the happy creatures dancin on and on.
C                   Am
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow.
F         C           G           C   
doot doot doot lookin out my back door.

{shuffle}
{lead}   F         C           G           C