Forest Lawn chords by Tom Paxton

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Verse 1
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Oh, lay me down in forest lawn
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in a silver casket
Put golden flowers over my head
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in a silver basket
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Let the drum and bugle call
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Blow taps while cannons roar
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Let sixteen liveried employees
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Pass out souvenirs from the funeral store
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I want to go simply when I  go,
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And they'll give me a simple funeral there,
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I know,
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With a casket lined in fleece,
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And fireworks belling out a rest in peace,
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So take heed when I'm gone
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to Forest Lawn.
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Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn,
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they understand there,
And they have a heavenly choir
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and a military band there,
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Just put me in their care
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and I'll find my comfort there
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With sixteen planes in the last salute,
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dropping across in a parachute
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I want to go simply when I go
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And they'll give me a simple funeral there,
Am 
I know
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With a hundred strolling strings
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and topless dancers
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and golden wings
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Go take me when I'm gone
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to Forest Lawn.
Oh, come, come, come, come,
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come to the church in the wildwood,
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Kindly leave a contribution in the pail,
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Be as simple and as trusting
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as a child would,
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And we'll sell you the church in the day
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To find a simple resting place
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is my desire
To lay me down with a smiling face
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comes a little bit higher
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My likeness done in brass
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will stand in plastic grass
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And weights and hidden springs
will tip its hat
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to the mourners filing past.
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I want to go simply when I  go
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and they'll give me a simple funeral there,
Am 
I know.
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I'll sleep beneath the sand
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Am 
with piped and tapes of Billy Graham.
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Oh, take me when I'm
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gone to Forest Lawn.
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Rock of Ages cleft for me,
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for a slightly higher fee.
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Oh, take me when I'm
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gone to Forest Lawn.
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