{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":847227,"song":"Forest Lawn","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/847227-forest-lawn-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/847227?type=chord","rating":4.93891,"votes":31,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n              [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\ne|------------4------------------|\r\nB|-----5---7------7----5---4---5-|\r\nG|---4---------------------------|\r\nD|-------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPut golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]E/D#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nLet the drum and bugle corps play taps while cannons roar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nLet sixteen liv'ried employees sell souvenirs from the funeral store.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI want to go simply, when I go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]                                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThey'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a casket lined in fleece,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]E/D#[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd fireworks spelling out \"Rest In Peace.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOh, lay me down in Forest Lawn – they understand there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E/D#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nOh, just put me in their care and I'll find my comfort there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#[/ch]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWith sixteen planes in a last salute, they'll drop a cross in a parachute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI want to go simply, when I go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]                                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThey'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a hunderd strolling strings,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E/D#[/ch]         [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd topless dancers with golden wings,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nOh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn ...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOh, come, come, come, come,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nCome to the church in the wildwood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#7[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nKindly leave a contribution in the pail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBe as simple and as trusting as a child would,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll sell you the church in the dale.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTo find a simple resting place is my desire,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E/D#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nMy likeness, cast in brass, will stand in plastic grass,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]                                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhile hidden weights and springs tip its hat to the mourners filing past.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI want to go simply, when I go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]                                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThey'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll lie beneath the sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]E/D#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWith piped-in tapes of Billy Graham.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRock of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.[/tab]\r\nA E    (optional E7 for flourish)\r\nAmen","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\nA E    (optional E7 for flourish)\nAmen","chords":["E","B7","B","G","D","A","E/D#","C#","F#","G#","C#m","F#7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}