John Denver - Forest lawn

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Oh, lay me ^Edown in Forest Lawn in a silver ^B7casket, Put golden ^B7flowers over my head in a silver ^Ebasket. Let the ^Adrum and bugle corps blow ^Etaps whil^E/Ebe cannons^C# roar, Let ^F#sixteen liv'ried employees pass out ^B7souvenirs from the funeral store. I ^Ewant to go^B7 simply, when I^E go, And they'll ^G#give me a simple fun'ral there, I^C#m know, With a ^Acasket lined in fleece, And ^Efirework^E/Ebs spelling out^C# "Rest In Peace." Oh,^F# take me, when I'm^B7 gone, to Forest ^ELawn. ^B7

Oh, lay me ^Edown in Forest Lawn – they und^B7erstand there, And they ^B7have a heavenly choir and a military ^Eband there. Oh, just put me in their care and I'll ^Efind my ^E/Ebcomfort t^C#here, With ^F#sixteen planes in a last salute, ^B7dropping a cross in a parachute. ^EI want to go ^B7simply, when I^E go, And^G# they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I^C#m know, With a^A hunderd strolling strings, And ^Etopless^E/Eb dancers in ^C#golden wings, Oh,^F# take me, when I'm^B7 gone, to Forest ^ELawn ... ^F#

Oh, ^Bcome, come, come, come, Come to the church in the wild^F#wood, Kindly ^F#7leave a contrib^Bution in the pail.^B7 Be as ^Esimple and as trusting as a ^Bchild would, And we'll^F# sell you the church in the^B dale.

To find a^E simple resting place is my^B7 desire, To lay me ^B7down with a smiling face comes a little bit ^Ehigher. My^A likeness, done in brass, will ^Estand i^E/Ebn plastic^C# grass, And ^F#weights and hidden springs will tip its h^B7at to the mourners filing past. I ^Ewant to go ^B7simply, when I go, ^E And they'll ^G#give me a simple fun'ral there, I^C#m know. I'll s^Aleep beneath the sand, With ^Epiped-in ^E/Ebtapes of ^C#Billy Graham. Oh, ^F#take me, when I'm ^B7gone, to Forest ^ELawn. Rock of ^EAges, ^Acleft for ^Eme, for a s^B7lightly higher ^Efee. Oh, ^F#take me, when I'm^B7 gone, to Forest ^ELawn. ^{A E} A E (optional E7 for flourish) Amen