Artist: | John Denver (English) |
User: | re321321321 |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Intro:
G D7 G
G 4
B 5 7 7 5 4 5
E 4
G D7
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,
D7 G
Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.
C G G/Gb E
Let the drum and bugle corps blow taps while cannons roar,
A D7
Let sixteen liv'ried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store.
G D7 G
I want to go simply, when I go,
B Em
And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
C
With a casket lined in fleece,
G G/Gb E
And fireworks spelling out "Rest In Peace."
A D7 G D7
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
G D7
Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn – they understand there,
D7 G
And they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
G G/Gb E
Oh, just put me in their care and I'll find my comfort there,
A D7
With sixteen planes in a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute.
G D7 G
I want to go simply, when I go,
B Em
And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,
C
With a hunderd strolling strings,
G G/Gb E
And topless dancers in golden wings,
A D7 G A
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn ...
D
Oh, come, come, come, come,
A
Come to the church in the wildwood,
A7 D D7
Kindly leave a contribution in the pail.
G D
Be as simple and as trusting as a child would,
A D
And we'll sell you the church in the dale.
G D7
To find a simple resting place is my desire,
D7 G
To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
C G G/Gb E
My likeness, done in brass, will stand in plastic grass,
A D7
And weights and hidden springs will tip its hat to the mourners filing past.
G D7 G
I want to go simply, when I go,
B Em
And they'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know.
C
I'll sleep beneath the sand,
G G/Gb E
With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham.
A D7 G
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
G C G D7 G
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee.
A D7 G C G
Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.
C G (optional G7 for flourish)
Amen