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C G7 Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket. C Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket. F C G/B A7 Let the drum and bugle corp blow taps while cannons roar. D7 G7 And sixteen liveried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store. C G7 C I want to go simply when I go. E7 Am They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know. C7 F With a casket lined in fleece C G/B A7 And fireworks spelling out "rest in peace", D7 G7 C Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn, they understand there,
And they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there,
With sixteen planes and a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute.
I want to go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know.
With a hundred strolling strings
And topless dancers with golden wings,
Oh, take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
G Oh, come, come, come, come, D7 Come to the church in the wild wood, G G7 Kindly leave a contribution in the pail. C G Be as simple and as trusting as a child would, D D7 G G7 And we'll sell you the church in the dale.
To find a simple resting place is my desire.
To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
My likeness done in brass, will stand in plastic grass,
And weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing past.
I want to go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know.
I'll lie beneath the sand
With piped in tapes of Billy Graham.
Oh, take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
C F C Rock of ages cleft for me G7 C For a slightly higher fee. D7 G7 C Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn!
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1968)
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