ISO: the M*A*S*H theme

Subject: ISO: the M*A*S*H theme
From: Easy Rider
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 11:30 AM

Does anybody know of or have TAB/Music, preferably a fingerstyle guitar arrangement, for this song, "Suicide is Painless"? I found the lyrics it the DT, but not the music. I think there was a discussion about this awhile ago, but I can't find it.

Subject: RE: ISO: the M*A*S*H theme
From: Karolina
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 12:15 PM

Here's a neat Mash Songbook. There are links to .wav files and chords on that page. You can find two versions of the chords to "Suicide..." here.

Karolina

Subject: RE: ISO: the M*A*S*H theme
From: BlueJay
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 01:19 PM

Karolina, that's a cool link. I've never known all the lyrics to Suicide is Painless, either. Love the
Ha ha ha ha,
Ho ho ho ho,
shuga shuga shuga shuga,
(don't recall any more).

Sounds like a really fun song, and I assume it is also a L.W. III song. I've tried searching the web for it to no avail. Does anyone have a clue as to where the complete song could be found?

Easy Rider- Sorry, I don't have an arrangement for Suicide is Painless. But I'll bet with Karolina's links you may be able to come up with your own. Hell, I may try it as well. Thanks, BlueJay

Subject: RE: ISO: the M*A*S*H theme
From: Peg
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 01:48 PM

This was the first song I ever learned to play on the guitar! (great song; the scene where they use it in the movie is actually rather hilarious)

Subject: RE: ISO: the M*A*S*H theme
From: M. Ted (inactive)
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 01:55 PM

I remember, at the time of the movie, that this was a very popular melody (the lyrics, for some reason, never caught on) and that there were a number of jazz guitar covers, it got to be a bit of a standard--

If you play through the chords in D, the melody is quite easy to pick out--You should listen to the music to figure out the timing of the Bm7/F#m7/B7 changes, because they are not clear from the way they are plotted on the lyric sheet-

Subject: RE: ISO: the M*A*S*H theme
From: jeffp
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 03:29 PM

Bluejay, I think the song you're talking about is "Unrequited to the Nth Degree." It is indeed a LW3 song, on his "Unrequited" album. A bunch of great songs, including "Rufus is a Tit Man," about his son.

Rufus is a tit man
Suckin' on his mama's gland
He's suckin' on the nipple
It's sweeter than the Ripple wine.

Great song

jeffp