Originally in B, I play in G
Highest note that matters is the maj7 (that’s the 6 after the key change)
Intro
| G | Em | C | G | D | G |
| → | → | → |
Vox on the 5
| 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 | |
| Ima | gination sets in, | pretty soon I’m singing |
| C | G | D | G |
| Doo, doo, | doo, lookin’ | out my back | door |
| G | Em | |
| There’s a g | iant doing cartwheels, a st | atue wearing high heels |
| C | G | D |
| Look at all the h | appy creatures dan | cing on the lawn |
| G | Em |
| Dinosaur victrola, l | istening to Buck Owens |
| C | G | D | G |
| Doo, doo, | doo, lookin’ | out my back | door |
| D | C | G |
| Tambourines and elephants are p | laying in the b | and |
| G | Em | D | |
| Won’t you t | ake a ride | on the flyin’ | spoon, doo, doo doo |
| G | Em | |
| A | wonderous apparition, prov | ided by magician |
| C | G | D | G |
| Doo, doo, | doo, lookin’ | out my back | door |
| G | Em | C | G | D |
| → | → |
| G | Em | C | G | D | G |
| → | → | → |
| D | C | G |
| Tambourines and elephants are pl | aying in the b | and |
| G | Em | D | |
| Won’t you t | ake a ride o | n the flyin’ s | poon, doo, doo, doo |
| G | Em |
| Bother me tomorrow, toda | y I’ll find no sorrow |
| C | G | D | G |
| Doo, doo, | doo, lookin’ | out my back | door |
Hard stop, then muted chords for one measure
| G |
| G | F# | F | E |
| → | → | → |
| E | E | D | A | A | F#m | E | E |
| A | F#m |
| Forward troubles Illinois, | lock the front door, oh boy |
| D | A | E |
| Look at all the | happy creatures | dancing on the lawn |
Swung, slower
| A | F#m |
| Bother me tomorrow, tod | ay I’ll find no sorrow |
| D | A | E | A |
| Doo, doo, | doo, lookin’ | out my back | door |
| E | A |
| → |
| D | A | E | A |