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Forest Lawn

Forest Lawn easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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Fret 1

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  • E

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  • Am

  • Verse 1
    G
    C

    Oh, lay me down in forest lawn
    G

    in a silver casket

    Put golden flowers over my head
    C

    in a silver basket
    F

    Let the drum and bugle call
    C
    G

    Blow taps while cannons roar
    A
    D

    Let sixteen liveried employees
    G

    Pass out souvenirs from the funeral store
    C
    G
    C

    I want to go simply when I go,
    E

    And they'll give me a simple funeral there,
    Am

    I know,
    F

    With a casket lined in fleece,
    C
    G
    A

    And fireworks belling out a rest in peace,
    D
    G

    So take heed when I'm gone
    C
    G

    to Forest Lawn.
    C

    Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn,
    G

    they understand there,

    And they have a heavenly choir
    C

    and a military band there,
    F

    Just put me in their care
    C
    A

    and I'll find my comfort there
    D

    With sixteen planes in the last salute,
    G

    dropping across in a parachute
    C
    G
    C

    I want to go simply when I go
    E

    And they'll give me a simple funeral there,
    Am

    I know
    F

    With a hundred strolling strings
    C

    and topless dancers
    A

    and golden wings
    D
    G

    Go take me when I'm gone
    C
    G

    to Forest Lawn.

    Oh, come, come, come, come,
    D

    come to the church in the wildwood,
    G

    Kindly leave a contribution in the pail,
    C

    Be as simple and as trusting
    G

    as a child would,
    D
    G

    And we'll sell you the church in the day
    C

    To find a simple resting place
    G

    is my desire

    To lay me down with a smiling face
    C

    comes a little bit higher
    F

    My likeness done in brass
    C

    will stand in plastic grass
    A
    D

    And weights and hidden springs

    will tip its hat
    G

    to the mourners filing past.
    C
    G
    C

    I want to go simply when I go
    E

    and they'll give me a simple funeral there,
    Am

    I know.
    F

    I'll sleep beneath the sand
    C
    Am

    with piped and tapes of Billy Graham.
    A
    D

    Oh, take me when I'm
    G
    C

    gone to Forest Lawn.
    F
    C

    Rock of Ages cleft for me,
    G
    C

    for a slightly higher fee.
    D

    Oh, take me when I'm
    G

    gone to Forest Lawn.
    C
    G

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