Forest Lawn chords by
John Denver
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
F

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F
F

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C
C

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F
F

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Oh lay me down in Forest
C
C

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Lawn in a silver casket
Put golden flowers over my head
F
F

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in a silver basket
Bb
Bb

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Let the Drum and Bugle Corp
F
F

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D
D

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blow taps while cannons roar
G
G

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While sixteen liveried employees sell
C
C

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souvenirs from the funeral store
Verse 2
F
F

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C
C

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F
F

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I want to go simply when I go
A
A

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They'll give me a simple
Dm
Dm

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funeral there I know
Bb
Bb

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With a casket lined in fleece
F
F

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D
D

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And fireworks spelling out "rest in peace"
G
G

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C
C

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F
F

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Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn
C
C

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Oh lay me down
Verse 3
F
F

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in Forest Lawn,
C
C

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they understand there
And they have a heavenly choir
F
F

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and a military band there
Bb
Bb

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Just put me in their care and I'll
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F

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D
D

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find my comfort there
G
G

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With sixteen planes in a last salute
They'll drop a cross in a parachute
Verse 4
F
F

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C
C

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F
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I want to go simply when I go
A
A

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And they'll give me a simple
Dm
Dm

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funeral there I know
Bb
Bb

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With a hundred strolling strings
F
F

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D
D

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And topless dancers with golden wings
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G

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C
C

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Oh take me when I'm gone
F
F

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to Forest Lawn
G
G

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Oh,
Verse 5
C
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come, come, come, come
Come to the church in the wildwood
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G

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C
C

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Kindly leave a contribution in the pail
F
F

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Be as simple and as trusting
C
C

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as a child would
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G

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C
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And we'll sell you the church in the dale
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To find a simple
Verse 6
resting
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C

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place is my desire
To lay me down with a smiling
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F

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face comes a little bit higher
Bb
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My likeness cast in brass,
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D
D

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will stand in plastic grass
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G

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While weights and hidden springs will tip
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D
D

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it's hat to the mourners filing past
Verse 7
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F

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C
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F
F

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I want to go simply when I go
A
A

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They'll give me a simple
Dm
Dm

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funeral there I know
Bb
Bb

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I'll sleep beneath the sand
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A
A

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D
D

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With piped-in tapes tapes of Billy Graham
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Oh take me when I'm
C
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F
F

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gone to Forest Lawn
Verse 8
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F

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Bb
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F
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Rock of ages cleft for me
C
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F
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Forest a slightly higher fee
G
G

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Oh, take me when I'm
Verse 9
C
C

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gone
F
F

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to Forest Lawn!
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