Intro: EBE G4 B577545 E4 E B7 Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket, B7 E Put 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# B7 Let sixteen liv'ried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store. E B7 E I want to go simply, when I go, G# C#m And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know, A With a casket lined in fleece, E E/Eb C# And fireworks spelling out "Rest In Peace." F# B7 E B7 Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn. E B7 Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn ? they understand there, B7 E And 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# B7 With sixteen planes in a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute. E B7 E I want to go simply, when I go, G# C#m And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know, A With 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 ... B Oh, come, come, come, come, F# Come to the church in the wildwood, F#7 B B7 Kindly leave a contribution in the pail. E B Be as simple and as trusting as a child would, F# B And we'll sell you the church in the dale. E B7 To find a simple resting place is my desire, B7 E To 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# B7 And weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing past. E B7 E I want to go simply, when I go, G# C#m And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know. A I'll sleep beneath the sand, E E/Eb C# With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham. F# B7 E Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn. E A E B7 E Rock of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee. F# B7 E E Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn. A E (optional E7 for flourish) Amen