Tom: G

    G                            Em
    Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
    C          G           D           D7
    Got to sit down take a rest on the porch.
      G                  Em
    Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',
    C         G            D7          G
    doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
              G                         Em
    There's a giant doin' cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,
    C               G               D              D7
    look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn.
      G                  Em
    A dinosaur victrola, listenin' to Buck Owens,
    C         G            D7          G
    doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
    D                            C              G
    Tamborines and elephants are playin' in the band.
                          Em            D      D7
    Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
    G                        Em
    Wondrous apparition, provided by magician,
    C         G            D7          G
    doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.

    (Instrumental)
    D                            C              G
    Tamborines and elephants are playin' in the band.
                          Em            D      D7
    Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
    G                     Em
    Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows,
    C         G            D7          G
    doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
    G                          Em
    Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
    C               G               D              D7
    Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn.
    G                     Em
    Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows,
    C         G            D7          G
    doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.