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Lookin' Out My Back Door

by Creedence Clearwater Revival · posted by B_Zilla

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
  6   6    6    6  -6 -6 6
Just got home from Illinois,

  7   7    7     7    8  7
lock the front door, oh boy!

-10-10 -10   9     8  7  -8  -8  8   -8
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.

 6 6 6 6 6   -6   6   7  7    7   7   8  7
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',

-10  -10   9    8  7    8   8  -8    7
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.



  6     6  6 6   6 6   -6    6
There's a giant doing cartwheels,

6  7  7   7  7     8   7
a statue wearin' high heels.

-10 -10 -10 -10  9 9    8   7
Look at all the happy creatures

-8  -8  -8  8   -8
dancing on the lawn.

6  6 6  6   6 -6 6    7   7    7  7   8 7
A dinosaur victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.

-10  -10   9    8  7    8   8  -8   7
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.



 9  9   9    9  9 -8 -8    8  -9  -9  -9 -9   8
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.

 6     6    6  7  7    7  8   8 7    -8
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?

 9   -9  -8
Doo, doo doo.

  6   6    6 6 -6 6   6  7 7   7  7 8  7
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.

-10  -10   9     8 7    8   8  -8   7
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door



 9  9   9    9  9 -8 -8    8  -9  -9  -9 -9   8
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.

 6     6    6  7  7    7  8   8 7    -8
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?

 9   -9  -8
Doo, doo doo.

 6  6   6  6 -6 6    6 7    7    7   7  8  7
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

-10 -10  9    8 7    8   8  -8   7
Doo,doo,doo,lookin' out my back door



 6   6    6  6   -6 -6 6   
Forward troubles Illinois, 

 7    7    7     7    8  7
lock the front door, oh boy!

-10 -10 -10 -10  9 9    8   7   
Look at all the happy creatures 

-8  -8  -8  8   -8
dancing on the lawn.

 6  6   6  6 -6 6    6 7    7    7   7  8  7
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

-10 -10  9    8 7    8   8  -8   7
Doo,doo,doo,lookin' out my back door
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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