Jack Stauber – The Ballad Of Hamantha (Bass Tab)
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[Intro]
(Go away)
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[Verse 1]
Life's extension lottery
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Kind to some, but not duly
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Born with a rare and sad disease
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She grew— a ham— where her head should be
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[Pre-Chorus]
Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie
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Meaty face and a lovely eye
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Her dream was to be a famous star
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But at the rate she was goin’, she wasn't going fa-a-ar
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[Chorus]
Hamantha, Hamantha
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You were impossible to ignore
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Hamantha, Hamantha
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So greedy we wanted more
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[Break]
(Oh no!)
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[Verse 2]
Her father was a simple man (Duh!)
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He wanted to help, "in any way that I can!"
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Home from school, he watched his daughter cry
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In the yard, he cursed God and fired at the sky
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie
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Meaty face and a lovely eye
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Her dreams in the sky, her father felt her pain
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And as he shot at the clouds, it began to rain
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[Chorus]
Hamantha, Hamantha
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You were impossible to ignore
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Hamantha, Hamantha
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So greedy we wanted more
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[Bridge]
Got a call from the doctor
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He had some amazing news for her
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He just developed a cure
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If she hurried over now, he'd try it out on her
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Burst out the door, she was beaming
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Among the raindrops her happy tears were streaming
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Finally freed from her pain
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But something else fell with the rain
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A stray bullet shot by her father
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Aimlessly nested inside her
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She fell to the the sidewalk, now empty
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Of the life which once christened her body
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[Interlude]
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"Nurse, s-she’s... she's gone."
"O-oh... oh dear."
"I left a lunch on the table in the operating room for the bereaved, a cooked ham, as is customary for these..
dark situations."es
"U-uh, Doctor, what... which one is the... which... which one is the ham that—?"
"I-I must... I must go... I must... I must go, I'm on break."
"Oh dear."
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie
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Meaty face and a lovely eye
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At her time of death, the doc said "time to eat!"
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So we took a bite out of her face meat
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[Chorus]
Hamantha, Hamantha
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You were impossible to ignore (La-la-la...)
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Hamantha, Hamantha
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So greedy we wanted more
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[Outro]
Soaring infinitely through space
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Hamantha's soul was graced
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With a glance of our humble planet
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At which she was amazed
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The news of her untimely death
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Had spread out near and far
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And through her soul, the truth was whole
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Her dream had crossed the bar
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Hamantha had become a star
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Hamantha was finally a star
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Hamantha had become a star
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Hamantha was finally a star
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