Oh, lay me [C]down in Forest Lawn in a silver [G7]casket, Put golden [G7]flowers over my head in a silver [C]basket. Let the [F]drum and bugle corps blow [C]taps whil[C/B]e cannons[A] roar, Let [D]sixteen liv'ried employees pass out [G7]souvenirs from the funeral store. I [C]want to go[G7] simply, when I[C] go, And they'll [E]give me a simple fun'ral there, I[Am] know, With a [F]casket lined in fleece, And [C]firework[C/B]s spelling out[A] "Rest In Peace." Oh,[D] take me, when I'm[G7] gone, to Forest [C]Lawn.[G7]
Oh, lay me [C]down in Forest Lawn ? they under[G7]stand there, And they [G7]have a heavenly choir and a military [C]band there. Oh, just put me in their care and I'll [C]find my [C/B]comfort t[A]here, With [D]sixteen planes in a last salute, [G7]dropping a cross in a parachute. [C]I want to go [G7]simply, when I[C] go, And[E] they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I[Am] know, With a[F] hunderd strolling strings, And [C]topless[C/B] dancers in [A]golden wings, Oh,[D] take me, when I'm[G7] gone, to Forest [C]Lawn ...[D]
Oh, [G]come, come, come, come, Come to the church in the wild[D]wood, Kindly [D7]leave a contrib[G]ution in the pail.[G7] Be as [C]simple and as trusting as a [G]child would, And we'll[D] sell you the church in the[G] dale.
To find a[C] simple resting place is my[G7] desire, To lay me [G7]down with a smiling face comes a little bit [C]higher. My[F] likeness, done in brass, will [C]stand i[C/B]n plastic[A] grass, And [D]weights and hidden springs will tip its h[G7]at to the mourners filing past. I [C]want to go [G7]simply, when I go,[C] And they'll [E]give me a simple fun'ral there, I[Am] know. I'll s[F]leep beneath the sand, With [C]piped-in [C/B]tapes of [A]Billy Graham. Oh, [D]take me, when I'm [G7]gone, to Forest [C]Lawn. Rock of [C]Ages, [F]cleft for [C]me, for a s[G7]lightly higher [C]fee. Oh, [D]take me, when I'm[G7] gone, to Forest [C]Lawn. [F][C] A E (optional E7 for flourish) Amen
Added or amended 3rd May 2022 Reproduced soley for educational purposes
