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           E (022100@1)                             B7 (x21202@1)    
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,
           B7 (x21202@1)                             EPut (022100@1)golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.
        A (x02220@1)                       E (022100@1)      E/Eb (021100@1)   C# (x43121@1)      
Let the drum and bugle corps blow taps while cannons roar,
    F# (244322@1)                                B7Let (x21202@1)sixteen liv'ried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store.
  E (022100@1)       B7 (x21202@1)           EI (022100@1)want to go simply, when I go,
            G# (xx1114@1)                             C#mAnd (x13321@4)they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
       AWith (x02220@1)a casket lined in fleece,
    E (022100@1)     E/Eb (021100@1)        C#And (x43121@1)fireworks spelling out "Rest In Peace."
   F# (244322@1)              B7 (x21202@1)             E (022100@1)          B7Oh, (x21202@1)take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.

           E (022100@1)                             B7 (x21202@1)    
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn - they understand there,
         B7 (x21202@1)                                 EAnd (022100@1)they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
                                       E (022100@1)     E/Eb (021100@1)   C# (x43121@1)      
Oh, just put me in their care and I'll find my comfort there,
     F# (244322@1)                             B7With (x21202@1)sixteen planes in a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute.
E (022100@1)          B7 (x21202@1)          EI (022100@1)want to go simply, when I go,
   G# (xx1114@1)                                      C#mAnd (x13321@4)they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
      AWith (x02220@1)a hunderd strolling strings,
    E (022100@1)    E/Eb (021100@1)      C#And (x43121@1)topless dancers in golden wings,
   F# (244322@1)              B7 (x21202@1)             E (022100@1)         F#Oh, (244322@1)take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn ...

    BOh, (x2444x@1)come, come, come, come,
                              F# (244322@1) 
Come to the church in the wildwood,
       F#7 (242352@1)          B (x2444x@1)               B7Kindly (x21202@1)leave a contribution in the pail.
      E (022100@1)                         BBe (x2444x@1)as simple and as trusting as a child would,
         F# (244322@1)                       BAnd (x2444x@1)we'll sell you the church in the dale.

         E (022100@1)                        B7 (x21202@1)    
To find a simple resting place is my desire,
          B7 (x21202@1)                                        ETo (022100@1)lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
  A (x02220@1)                            E (022100@1)    E/Eb (021100@1)   C# (x43121@1)      
My likeness, done in brass, will stand in plastic grass,
    F# (244322@1)                                     B7And (x21202@1)weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing past.
  E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)               EI (022100@1)want to go simply, when I go,
            G# (xx1114@1)                             C#mAnd (x13321@4)they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know.
      AI'll (x02220@1)sleep beneath the sand,
     E (022100@1)      E/Eb (021100@1)   C#With (x43121@1)piped-in tapes of Billy Graham.
    F# (244322@1)              B7 (x21202@1)            EOh, (022100@1)take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
        E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)           ERock (022100@1)of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee.
    F# (244322@1)             B7 (x21202@1)             E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn. 
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Amen