[Intro] G  Em  C  G  D  

G                             Em   
Just got home from Illinois.  Lock the front door, oh boy!
C          G           D   
Got to sit 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

G                           Em  
Giant doin cart wheels a statue wearing high heels
C           G                   D    
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
G                  Em   
Dinosaur victrola  listenin' to Buck Owens
C           G           D           G 
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 magicians
C           G           D           G   
Doot, doot, doot lookin out my back door

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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 
Smile with me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow
C           G           D           G   
Doot, doot, doot lookin out my back door

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

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