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Oh, lay me (C)down in Forest Lawn in a
silver (G7)casket,
Put golden flowers over my head in a silver (C)basket
(C7).
Let the (F)drum and bugle corps blow (C)Taps
while (C/B)cannons (A7)roar
Let (D7)sixteen liveried employees pass
out (G7)souvenirs from the funeral store.
I (C)want to go (G7)simply
when I (C)go
They'll (E7)give me a simple funeral there,
I (Amin)know.
(C7)With a (F)casket
lined in fleece and (C)fireworks (C/B)spelling
out (A7)Rest in Peace"
Oh, (D)take me when I'm (G7)gone
to Forest (C)lawn. (G)
Oh lay me down
in Forest Lawn, they understand there,
They have a heavenly choir and a military band there,
Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there,
With Sixteen planes in a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute
I wanna go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know,
With a hundred strolling strings and topless dancers in golden wings
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
Oh, (G)come,
come, come, come,
Come to the church in the (D7)wildwood
Kindly leave a contribution in the (C)pail(G)(Amin7)(G).
Be as (C)simple and as trusting as a (G)child
would
And we'll (D)sell you the (D7)church
in the (G)dale (G7).
To find a simple
resting place is my desire
To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher
My likeness done in brass will stand in plastic grass
And weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing
past
I wanna go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know
I'll sleep beneath the sand,
With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham
O take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
Rock of Ages, (F)cleft
for (C)me
For a (Amin)slightly (G7)higher
(C)fee.
Oh (D7)take me when I'm (G7)gone
to Forest (C)Lawn.
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