A F#m
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
D A E
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 wearing high heels.
D A E
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A F#m
A dinosaur victrola listning 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 flying spoon?
Doo, doo doo
A F#m
Wondrous apparition provided by magician.
D A E A
Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door.
[Solo] A F#m D A E 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 flying spoon?
Doo, doo doo
A F#m
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.
D A E A
Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door. [Scratch] x4
!A !G# !G F# E(2)_B B F#
B G#m
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
E B F#
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
[Ritertando]
B G#m
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.
E B F# B
Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door. [Scratch]
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\"Lookin' Out My Back Door\" is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. Written by the band's lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter, John Fogerty, it is included on their 1970 album Cosmo's Factory; this was the group's fifth album, and was also their fifth and final number-two Billboard hit, held off the top by Diana Ross's version of \"Ain't No Mountain High Enough\".
Song information
The song's lyrics, filled with colorful, dream-like imagery, lead some to believe that it is about drugs. According to the drug theory, the \"flying spoon\" was a reference to a cocaine or heroin spoon, and the crazy animal images were an acid trip. Fogerty, however, has stated in interviews that the song was actually written for his then three-year-old son, Josh. Fogerty has also said that the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the Dr. Seuss book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
Country singer Buck Owens is mentioned in the song, and the music reflects some of the Bakersfield sound Owens made famous.
