Capo on 1st
Intro : /A - - -/F#m - - -/D - A -/E - A-/
A F#m
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
D A E E7
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
A F#m
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,
D A E A
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
A F#m
There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,
D A E E7
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A F#m
A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens
D A E A
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
E D A
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
F#m E
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
A F#m
Wond'rous apparition, provided by magician,
D A E A
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
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/A - - -/F#m - - -/D - A -/E - E7-/
/A - - -/F#m - - -/D - A -/E - A-/
E D A
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
F#m E
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
A F#m
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
D A E A
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
Key change:
During solo: F# - - -/ E - B -/B - - -/ G#m - F# -/
B G#m
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
E B F# F#7
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
B G#m
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
E B F# B
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
outro E B F# B
After the key change the E chords sounds better if played like this:
(the numbers are referred to the capo)
e|------4-------|
B|------5-------|
G|------4-------|
D|------6-------|
A|------7-------|
E|------x-------|
