Intro:

             E        B7     E
G   4 
B     5   7      7    5   4   5
E            4


           E5                               B5      
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,
           B5                               E5
Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.
        A5                         E5        E5     C#5        
Let the drum and bugle corps blow taps while cannons roar,
    F#5                                  B5
Let sixteen liv'ried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store.
  E5         B5             E5
I want to go simply, when I go,
            G#5                               C#5
And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
       A5
With a casket lined in fleece,
    E5       E5          C#5
And fireworks spelling out "Rest In Peace."
   F#5                B5               E5            B5
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.


           E5                               B5      
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn ? they understand there,
         B5                                   E5
And they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
                                       E5       E5     C#5        
Oh, just put me in their care and I'll find my comfort there,
     F#5                               B5
With sixteen planes in a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute.
E5            B5            E5
I want to go simply, when I go,
   G#5                                        C#5
And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
      A5
With a hunderd strolling strings,
    E5      E5        C#5
And topless dancers in golden wings,
   F#5                B5               E5           F#5
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn ...


    B5
Oh, come, come, come, come,
                              F#5   
Come to the church in the wildwood,
       F#5            B5                 B5
Kindly leave a contribution in the pail.
      E5                           B5
Be as simple and as trusting as a child would,
         F#5                         B5
And we'll sell you the church in the dale.


         E5                          B5      
To find a simple resting place is my desire,
          B5                                          E5
To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
  A5                              E5      E5     C#5        
My likeness, done in brass, will stand in plastic grass,
    F#5                                       B5
And weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing past.
  E5          B5                 E5
I want to go simply, when I go,
            G#5                               C#5
And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know.
      A5
I'll sleep beneath the sand,
     E5        E5     C#5
With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham.
    F#5                B5              E5
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
        E5     A5         E5          B5             E5
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee.
    F#5               B5               E5      A5 E5
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn. 
A5 E5    (optional E5 for flourish)
Amen