John Denver – Forest Lawn chords

Intro:

             E        B7     EG   4 
B     5   7      7    5   4   5
E            4


           E                               B7      Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,
           B7                               EPut golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.
        A                         E        E/Eb     C#        Let the drum and bugle corps blow taps while cannons roar,
    F#                                  B7Let sixteen liv'ried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store.
  E         B7             EI want to go simply, when I go,
            G#                               C#mAnd they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
       AWith a casket lined in fleece,
    E       E/Eb          C#And fireworks spelling out "Rest In Peace."
   F#                B7               E            B7Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.

           E                               B7      Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn – they understand there,
         B7                                   EAnd they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
                                       E       E/Eb     C#        Oh, just put me in their care and I'll find my comfort there,
     F#                               B7With sixteen planes in a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute.
E            B7            EI want to go simply, when I go,
   G#                                        C#mAnd they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
      AWith a hunderd strolling strings,
    E      E/Eb        C#And topless dancers in golden wings,
   F#                B7               E           F#Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn ...

    BOh, come, come, come, come,
                              F#   Come to the church in the wildwood,
       F#7            B                 B7Kindly leave a contribution in the pail.
      E                           BBe as simple and as trusting as a child would,
         F#                         BAnd we'll sell you the church in the dale.

         E                          B7      To find a simple resting place is my desire,
          B7                                          ETo lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
  A                              E      E/Eb     C#        My likeness, done in brass, will stand in plastic grass,
    F#                                       B7And weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing past.
  E          B7                 EI want to go simply, when I go,
            G#                               C#mAnd they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know.
      AI'll sleep beneath the sand,
     E        E/Eb     C#With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham.
    F#                B7              EOh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
        E     A         E          B7             ERock of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee.
    F#               B7               E      A EOh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn. 
A E    (optional E7 for flourish)Amen