Lookin' Out My Back Door
Words & Music:
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
So many versions from which
to choose. Chords in Bb are for
those who want to play this with the accompanying tab. Chords in G are for those who just want
an easy way to strum along. Words
in German are for the adventurous!
Bb(G)
Gm(Em)
Just got home from Illinois,
locked the front door, oh boy!
Eb(C) (G) Bb(D) F(D7)
Got to sit down, take a rest
on the porch.
Bb(G)
Gm(Em)
Imagination sets in, pretty
soon I'm singin'
Eb(C) Bb(G) F(D7) Bb(G)
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my
back door.
There's a giant doin'
cartwheels, statues wearin' high heels.
Look at all the happy
creatures dancin' on the lawn.
A dinosaurs Victrola,
listenin' to Buck Owens.
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my
back door.
BRIDGE:
F(D)
Eb(C)
Bb(G)
Tambourines & elephants
are playin' in the band.
Bb(G)
Gm(Em) F(D) (D7)
Won't you take a ride on the
flyin' spoon, doo-doo-doo?
Bb(G)
Gm(Em)
Wond'rous apparition provided
by magician.
Eb(C) Bb(G) F(D7) Bb(G)
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my
back door.
INSTRUMENTAL HALF-VERSE:
Tambourines and elephants out
playin' in the band
Won't you take a ride on a
flyin' spoon, doo-doo-doo
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll
bide no sorrow
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my
back door.
Forward troubles Illinois,
lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy
creatures dancin' on the lawn.
[slowly]
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll
buy no sorrow
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my
back door. [a tempo for outro]
Lookin' Out My Back Door Tab (tabber lost to time)
27.5.1999
V1.0 Eb x68886
Intro:
Bb
Gm
e-|-----------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
B-|--------3-------3|-----3-------3-|-3--------3--|-----3-------3|
G-|--------3-------3|-----3-------3-|-3--------3--|-----3-------3|
D-|--------3-------3|-----3-------3-|-5--------5--|-----5-------5|
A-|----1------------|-1-------------|------5------|---------5----|
E-|-(Rhy.
Gtr)-1----|---------1-----|3------------|-3------------|
Bb
Eb (Rhy. Gtr
cont. sim.)
F
Bb
e-|---3-------3-|--1------------------|----------------|---------|
B-|-------------|----------3--1-------|--3----3-----1--|---------|
G-|-------------|-----------------3---|----------------|-3-------|
D-|-------------|---------------------|----------------|---------|
A-|-------------|---------------------|----------------|---------|
E-|-(slide gtr.)|---------------------|----------------|---------|
Guitar
solo:
Bb
Gm
e-|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
B-|--------------------|---------------|-----------1-----1-|/3---6---3\1---|
G-|------------------0-|-(0)-----------|--3-----3------3---|-------------3-|
D-|--3-----3--3---3----|-----3---0---3-|-------------------|---------------|
A-|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E-|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
Eb
Bb
F
e-|---------------|---------------|-------1------------|-------------------|
B-|--4----/8------|--6----\3------|--1----------1------|------1---1--------|
G-|--3----/8------|--7----\3------|--2-----------------|-------------------|
D-|--5----/8------|--8----\3------|--3--------------3--|-(3)---------------|
A-|---------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E-|---------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Bb
Gm
e-|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
B-|--------------------|---------------|-----------1-----1-|/3---6---3\1---|
G-|------------------0-|-(0)-----------|--3-----3------3---|-------------3-|
D-|--3-----3--3---3----|-----3---0---3-|-------------------|---------------|
A-|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E-|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
e-|----------------|----------------|-------1------------|-------------------|
B-|--4-----/8------|--6-----\3------|--1------------1----|--3----------------|
G-|--3-----/8------|--7-----\3------|--2-----------------|--3----------------|
D-|--5-----/8------|--8-----\3------|--3-----------------|--3----------------|
A-|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E-|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Break:
Bb
G
e-||--------(repeat 2 times)---||-------------------|-----3--------|
B-||--3------------------------||-------------------|------------5-|
G-||:-3--x-x---x-x---x-x---x--:||-------------------|-4------------|
D-||:-3--x-x---x-x---x-x---x--:||-------------------|--------------|
A-||--1--x-x---x-x---x-x---x---||-------1---0-------|--------------|
E-||-----x-x---x-x---x-x---x---||----------------4--|--------------|
F
C
e-|---------3--------|-1----------------|-0-------------|----------------|
B-|-(5)-3---------3--|-------3----1-----|-1----------1--|----------------|
G-|------------------|------------------|-0------0------|----------------|
D-|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------0-2------|
A-|------------------|------------------|---------------|-3--3-----------|
E-|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
Am
G
C G
e-|---------------|------3-----0--|------0----------|
B-|----------1----|--0------------|--3---1----3-----|
G-|-0--0--2-------|---------------|--0---0----0-----|
D-|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A-|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E-|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Outro:
F
C
G C G
C
e-||------------------------||--5-----5-----|-3----0----|--0---0------|-----|
B-||--x--x-x--x-x--x--x--x--||--------------|---------1-|----------3--|1----|
G-||:-x--x-x--x-x--x--x--x-:||--------------|-----------|-------------|-----|
D-||:-x--x-x--x-x--x--x--x-:||--------------|-----------|-------------|-----|
A-||--x--x-x--x-x--x--x--x--||--------------|-----------|-------------|-----|
E-||------------------------||-(slide
gtr.)-|-----------|-------------|-----|
Looking Out My Backdoor
auf Deutsch
Via correspondent Michael Hirn.
The prosody sure seems odd, though!
Komme gerade aus Illinois
zurŸck - oh Mann,
Erst mal die TŸr zu und dann
auf der Veranda ablegen!
Schon lasse ich die Fantasie
spielen und trŠllere vor mich hin.
Ja, so schaut's aus, wenn man
zur HintertŸr rausschaut.
Ein Riese schlŠgt Rad, eine
Statue trŠgt Stšckelschuhe.
Guck doch mal das fršhliche
Všlkchen, wie es im Garten herumtanzt!
Derweil hšrt sich ein
vorsintflutliches Grammophon Musik von Buck Owens an.
Tamburine und Elefanten
spielen in 'ner Band zusammen.
Wolltest du nicht schon immer
mal auf 'nem Fliegenden Lšffel reiten?
Wundersame Erscheinungen, von
einem leibhaftigen Zauberer herbei gehext:
So schaut's aus, wenn man zur
HintertŸr rausschaut.
DemnŠchst wieder €rger mit
Illinois - lass blo§ die TŸr zu, Mann,
schau lieber der fršhlichen
Runde im Garten zu.
Auf den Geist gehen kannst du
mir morgen immer noch -
heute bleibt stressfrei,
basta!
So schaut's nun mal aus, wenn
man zur HintertŸr rausschaut.