Forest Lawn Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 G 4 E B7 E

 Oh, lay me Edown in Forest Lawn in a silver B7casket,

 Put golden B7flowers over my head in a silver Ebasket.

 Let the Adrum and bugle corps blow Etaps whilE/D♯e cannonsC♯ roar,

 Let F♯sixteen liv'ried employees pass out B7souvenirs from the funeral store.

 I Ewant to goB7 simply, when IE go,

 And they'll G♯give me a simple fun'ral there, IC♯m know,

 With a Acasket lined in fleece,

 And EfireworkE/D♯s spelling outC♯ "Rest In Peace."

 Oh,F♯ take me, when I'mB7 gone, to Forest ELawn. B7

 Oh, lay me Edown in Forest Lawn – they underB7stand there,

 And they B7have a heavenly choir and a military Eband there.

 Oh, just put me in their care and I'll Efind my E/D♯comfort tC♯here,

 With F♯sixteen planes in a last salute, B7dropping a cross in a parachute.

EI want to go B7simply, when IE go,

 AndG♯ they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, IC♯m know,

 With aA hunderd strolling strings,

 And EtoplessE/D♯ dancers in C♯golden wings,

 Oh,F♯ take me, when I'mB7 gone, to Forest ELawn ... F♯

 Oh, Bcome, come, come, come,

 Come to the church in the wildF♯wood,

 Kindly F♯7leave a contribBution in the pail.B7

 Be as Esimple and as trusting as a Bchild would,

 And we'llF♯ sell you the church in theB dale.

 To find aE simple resting place is myB7 desire,

 To lay me B7down with a smiling face comes a little bit Ehigher.

 MyA likeness, done in brass, will Estand iE/D♯n plasticC♯ grass,

 And F♯weights and hidden springs will tip its hB7at to the mourners filing past.

 I Ewant to go B7simply, when I go, E

 And they'll G♯give me a simple fun'ral there, IC♯m know.

 I'll sAleep beneath the sand,

 With Epiped-in E/D♯tapes of C♯Billy Graham.

 Oh, F♯take me, when I'm B7gone, to Forest ELawn.

 Rock of EAges, Acleft for Eme, for a sB7lightly higher Efee.

 Oh, F♯take me, when I'mB7 gone, to Forest ELawn. A E

A E (optional E7 for flourish)

Amen