G                             Em 
            Just got home from Illinois.  Lock the front door oh boy. 
            C          G           D 
            Got to set down take a rest on the porch. 
            G                    Em 
            Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin 
            C         G           D           G 
            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 
 

            D                             C             G 
            Tambourines and elephants are playin in the band. 
                                  Em           D 
            Won't you take a ride on the flyin spoon doot doo doo. 
 

            G                     Em 
            Wonderous apparition  provided by magician, 
            C         G           D           G 
            doot doot doot lookin out my back door 
 
            Smile with me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow, 

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