| F | C | G | C |
| C | Am | |
| Just got home from Illinois | Lock the front door oh boy |
| F | C | G | |
| got to sit | down take a | rest on the porch |
| C | Am | |
| imagination sets in | pretty soon I'm singin |
| F | C | G | C | |
| doot doot | doot lookin | out my back | door |
| C | Am | |
| theres a giant doin cartwheels | statue wearin high heals |
| F | C | G | |
| look at all the | happy creatures | dancin on the lawn |
| C | Am | |
| dinosaur victrola | listinin to Buck Owens |
| F | C | G | C | |
| doot doot | doot lookin | out my back | door |
| G | F | C | |
| Tambourines and elephants are | playin in the | band |
| C | Am | G | |
| wont you take a ride | on the flyin | spoon doot doo doo |
| C | Am | |
| wondrous apparition | provided by magician |
| F | C | G | C | |
| doot doot | doot lookin | out my back | door |
| C | Am | F | C | G | C |
| G | F | C | |
| tambourines and elephants are | playin in the | band |
| C | Am | G | |
| wont you take a ride | on the flyin | spoon doot doo doo |
| C | Am | |
| Bother me tommorow | today I'll find no sorrow |
| F | C | G | C | |
| doot doot | doot lookin | out my back | door |
| A | G | D | Bm | A |
| D | Bm | |
| Forward troubles Illinois | lock the front door oh boy |
| G | D | A | |
| look at all the | happy creatures | dancin on the lawn |
| D | Bm | |
| bother me tommorow | today I'll find no sorrow |
| G | D | A | D | |
| doot doot | doot lookin | out my back | door |
| G | D | A | D | A | D |