intro Bb(strum)
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-x–x-x–x-x–x- —3—3-|
-x–x-x–x-x–x- —3—3-|
-x–x-x–x-x–x- —3—3-|
-x–x-x–x-x–x- -1—1—|
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Bb Gm Eb Bb F Bb
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-s8-s8–6——————-|
———-7s5s3-s7-s7–s5-3-|
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Bb Gm
(1)Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
(2)There’s a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin’ high heels
Eb Bb F
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
Bb Gm
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I’m singin’,
A dinosaur Victrola list’ning to Buck Owens.
CHORUS:
Eb Bb F Bb
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin’ out my back door.
F Eb Bb
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Gm F
Won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon?(Doo, doo doo)
Bb Gm
Wond’rous apparition provided by magician.
CHORUS
solo
Bb Gm Eb Bb F
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—————————3–3-5–3-5s7—–7s5-3–3s8—7s3–2—————|
—–3–3-3–3-5–3—–3—————————5s8—8s3–3——3——–|
-3-5—————–5———————————————————|
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Bb Gm Eb Bb F Bb
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—————————————-s7—7s5—-4s8—6s3–1—-1—3-|
—————————3–3-5–3-5s———-3–3s8—7s3–2——1-3-|
—–3–3-3–3-5–3—–3—————————5s8—8s3–3——–3-|
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Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I’ll buy no sorrows.
CHORUS
(mute strings)
Bb Bb A Ab
G F C Am G
——3———-3—–1———-0———————————3————|
———3-5–3—–3—–1-3–1–1–1–1——————1————5–3-5-3-|
-2s4——————————0——————0-0-2——2s4——–4-5-4-|
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C Am
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
F C G
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
C Am
Bother me tomorrow, today, I’ll buy no sorrows.
CHORUS:
F C G C G C
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin’ out my back door.
outro
F C G C G C
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-s10-s10—8————s5-s5———-|
——————9s5———–s7–s5-|
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