Jack Stauber – The Ballad Of Hamantha (Guitar)

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[Verse 1] Bb Am Gm F (2x)
Bb       Cm       Am
Life's extension lottery

Gm                    F
Kind to some, but not to thee

Bb          C            Am
Born with a rare and sad disease

         Gm                   C      F
She grew a ham where her head should be
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb                      Am
Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie

   Gm               F
Meaty face and a lovely eye

    Bb                Am
Her dream was to be a famous star

           Gm                             F
But at the rate she was going, she wasn't going far
[Chorus]
Bb          Am
Hamantha, Hamantha

          Gm                  F
You were impossible to ignore

 Bb         Am
Hamantha, Hamantha

   Gm                    F
So greedy we wanted more
[Verse 2] Bb Am Gm F (2x)
Bb                Am
Her father was a simple man

Gm
He wanted to help

            F
"In any way that I can!"

Bb                               Am                     
Home from school, he watched his daughter cry

       Gm
In the yard, he cursed God

          F
And fired at the sky
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb                      Am
Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie

  Gm                F
Meaty face and a lovely eye

Bb                            Am
Dreams in the sky, her father felt her pain

          Gm                           F
And as he shot at the clouds, it began to rain
[Chorus]
  Bb        Am
Hamantha, Hamantha

          Gm           F
You were impossible to ignore

 Bb         Am
Hamantha, Hamantha

   Gm                   F
So greedy we wanted more
[Bridge]
Bb                  Am
Got a call from the doctor

       Gm                F
He had some amazing news for her

   Bb                  Am
He just developed a cure

 Gm                                      F
If she hurried over now, he'd try it out on her

Bb                             Am
Burst out the door, she was beaming

 Gm                                      F
Among the raindrops her happy tears were streaming

Bb                      Am
Finally free from her pain

    Gm                           F
But something else fell with the rain

  Bb                         Am
A stray bullet shot by her father

Gm                 F
Painlessly nested inside her

    Bb                              Am
She fell to the the sidewalk, now empty

       Gm                    F
Of the life which once christened her body
[Interlude] Bb Am Gm F
F
"Nurse

F
She... she's gone."

F
"Oh - oh dear."

F
"I left a lunch on the table in the operating room for the bereaved

F
A cooked ham, as is customary for these... dark situations."

F
"Doctor - what - which one is the - which one is the ham?"

F
"I - I must go, I'm on break."

F            Bb
"Oh dear."
[Pre-Chorus]
                        Am
Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie

  Gm              F
Meaty face and a lovely eye

       Bb
At her time of death

             Am
The doc said "time to eat!"

   Gm                        F
So he took a bite out of her face meat
[Chorus]
  Bb       Am
Hamantha, Hamantha

         Gm            F
You were impossible to ignore

  Bb        Am
Hamantha, Hamantha

   Gm               F
So greedy we wanted more
[Post-Chorus]
Bb                         F    Am
Soaring infinitely through space

 Gm                 F
Hamantha's soul was graced

Bb                   Am
With a glance of our humble planet

 Gm                     F
At which she was amazed

    Bb          Am
The news of her untimely death

    Gm                    F
Had spread out near and far

    Bb                    Am
And through her soul, the truth was whole

    Gm                      F
The dream had crossed the bar

 Gm                       F
Hamantha had become a star

 Gm                    F
Hamantha was finally a star

 Gm                       F
Hamantha had become a star

 Bb              C     F
Hamantha was finally a star