Forest Lawn chords by John Denver

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

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

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Verse 3

in Forest Lawn,

they understand there

And they have a heavenly choir

and a military band there

Just put me in their care and I'll

find my comfort there

With sixteen planes in a last salute

They'll drop a cross in a parachute

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

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

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

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