Lookin' out my back Door Chords

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Lookin' out my back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, F#, F, E, A and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			                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.   
   
		Giant doin cart wheels.  A statue wearing high heels.   
		Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.   
		Dinosaur victrola  listenin' to Buck Owens,   
		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   
   
   
		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                           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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