Forest Lawn Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Oh [A]lay[D] me [A]dow[D]n in Forest
Lawn in a silver cas[A]ket
Put golden flowers over my head
in a silver bas[D]ket
Let the [G]Drum and Bugle Corp
[D]blow taps while cannons [B]roar
While [E]sixteen liveried employees sell
[A]souvenirs from the funeral store

[Verse 2]
I [D]want to go [A]simply when I [D]go
They'll [F#]give me a simple
funeral there I [Bm]know
With a [G]casket lined in fleece
And [D]fireworks spelling out [B]"rest in peace"
Oh [E]take me when I'm [A]gone to Forest [D]Lawn
[A]Oh lay me down

[Verse 3]
[D]in Forest Lawn,
they understand [A]there
And they have a heavenly choir
and a military [D]band there
Just [G]put me in their care and I'll
[D]find my comfort [B]there
With [E]sixteen planes in a last salute
They'll drop a cross in a parachute

[Verse 4]
I [D]want to go [A]simply when I [D]go
And they'll [F#]give me a simple
funeral there I [Bm]know
With a [G]hundred strolling strings
And [D]topless dancers with [B]golden wings
Oh [E]take me when [A]I'm gone
to Forest [D]Lawn
[E]Oh,

[Verse 5]
[A]come, come, come, come
Come to the church in the wildwood
[E]Kindly leave a contribution in the pai[A]l
Be as [D]simple and as trusting
as a [A]child would
And we'll [E]sell you the church in [A]the dale
To [D]find a simple

[Verse 6]
resting
place is my de[A]sire
To lay me down with a smiling
face comes a little [D]bit higher
My [G]likeness cast in brass,
will [D]stand in plastic [B]grass
[E]While weights and hidden springs will tip
it's hat to the [A]mourners [B]filing past

[Verse 7]
I [D]want to go [A]simply when I [D]go
They'll [F#]give me a simple
funeral there I [Bm]know
[G]I'll sleep beneath the sand
With [D]piped-in tapes [F#]tapes of [B]Billy Graham
Oh [E]take me when I'm
[A]gone to Forest [D]Lawn

[Verse 8]
Rock of [D]ages [G]cleft for [D]me
Forest a slightly [A]higher [D]fee
Oh, [E]take me when I'm

[Verse 9]
[A]gone
to Forest [D]Lawn!
Amen