A
I am the Theme from MASH Guy,
Aaug A
My kids are the theme from MASH Guy’s kids,
D A
My sister is the sister of the guy who wrote
F G
The theme from MASH
A
It’s all I ever did
Aaug A
It might be all I ever do
D A
I sit in a room in a house
F G
Built from the proceeds of the theme from...
C#m
MASH
D
It’s my legacy
C#m C
I will always be
Bm F#m
To everybody and to me
D E A C#m F#m E
The guy who wrote the theme
D Dm
From MASH!
A
Whenever anybody does a version
Aaug A
Of the theme from MASH
D
They are legally required
A
To send me a copy
F G
Of their version of the theme
A
I spend all day listening
Aaug A
To recordings of versions of the theme from MASH
D
I’m building more shelving
A F G
So I can store the tapes of the recordings
F G
Of the versions of the theme from…
C#m
MASH
D
It’s my legacy
C#m C
I will always be
Bm F#m
To everybody and to me
D E A C#m F#m E
The guy who wrote the theme
D Dm
From MASH!
D
And on every spine
A
Of every tape
E A
On every shelf I see
D
The actual name
A
Of the theme from MASH
E A
Is staring back at me
D E
It’s Suicide is Painless
D E A C#m F#m
Maybe in retrospect
D E A C#m F#m E
I should have called the song
D Dm A(optional ending)
The theme from MASH
