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                                           L O O K I N G  O U T  M Y  B A C K D O O R
 

       				  Words & Music by: John Cameron Fogerty
        			         Tabbed by: Collins Crapo (Roxtar@srv.net)
                                        

[G]Just got home from Illinois. [Em]Lock the front door oh boy.
[C]Got to set [G]down take a [D]rest on the porch.
[G]Imagination sets in, [Em]pretty soon I'm singin
[C]Doot doot [G]doot lookin [D]out my back [G]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]Tambourines and elephants are [C]playin in the [G]band.
Won't you take a ride [Em]on the flyin [D]spoon doot doo doo.

[G]Wonderous apparition [Em]provided by magician,
[C]doot doot [G]doot lookin [D]out my back [G]door

Smile with me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow,
doot doot doot lookin out my back door.

Break:

[G] [F#] [F] [E]
[D] [A] [F#m] [E]

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