key: Bb (chord shapes in the key of C )
Tuning:
D G C F A D
[Intro] C/G Am F/C C/G G C/G
C/G Am
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
F/C C/G G
Got to sit down take a rest on the porch
C/G Am
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin'
F/C C/G G C/G
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door
C/G Am
There's a giant doin' cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels
F/C C/G G
Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn
C/G Am
A dinosaur victrola, listenin' to Buck Owens
F/C C/G G C/G
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door
G F/C C/G
Tamborines and elephants are playin' in the band
Am G
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? doo, doo, doo
C/G Am
Wondrous apparition, provided by magician
F/C C/G G C/G
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door
[Solo 1] C/G Am F/C C/G G
C/G Am F/C C/G G C/G
G F/C C/G
Tamborines and elephants are playin' in the band
Am G
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? doo, doo, doo
C/G Am
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
F/C C/G G C/G
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door
[Solo 2] D F#4 G D A
D F#4
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
G D A
Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn
Fica mais lenta nesse ponto
D F#4
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
G D A D
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door
[Final] G D G D A D