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The Ballad Of Hamantha bass tab by Jack Stauber

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Intro:

         (Go away)

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2-------------------3-------------------2-------------2-------|
A|-1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-------1---------------1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-0---------3-----|
E|---------------------3---3---3-1-1-1---1-------------------------3---3-----1-1-|

Verse 1:

Life's extension lottery

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------2---|
A|-1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-|
E|---------------------|

Kind to some, but not duly

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------3---|
A|-------1-------------|
E|-3---3---3-1-1-1---1-|

Born with a rare and sad disease

G|-----------------------|
D|---------------2-------|
A|-1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-0-|
E|-----------------------|

She grew— a ham— where her head should be

G|---------------------|
D|-------2-------------|
A|---------3-----------|
E|-3---3---------------|

Pre-Chorus:

Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie

G|--------------------------|
D|----------------------2---|
A|------1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-|
E|-13\1---------------------|

Meaty face and a lovely eye

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------3---|
A|-------1-------------|
E|-3---3---3-1-1-1---1-|

Her dream was to be a famous star

G|---------------------|
D|---------------2-----|
A|-1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-|
E|---------------------|

But at the rate she was goin’, she wasn't going fa-a-ar

G|-----------------|
D|---------2-------|
A|-0---------3-----|
E|---3---3-----1-1-|

Chorus:

Hamantha, Hamantha

G|-10---------9-----|
D|--------8---------|
A|------8---------7-|
E|------------------|

You were impossible to ignore

G|---5--3--3--5--|
D|-7-------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Hamantha, Hamantha

G|-3---------2---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

So greedy we wanted more

G|-0------0-----------|
D|------------------3-|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Break:

                            (Oh no!)

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2-------------------3-------------------2-------------2-------|
A|-1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-------1---------------1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-0---------3-----|
E|---------------------3---3---3-1-1-1---1-------------------------3---3-----1-1-|

Verse 2:

Her father was a simple man (Duh!)

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------2---|
A|-1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-|
E|---------------------|

He wanted to help, "in any way that I can!"

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------3---|
A|-------1-------------|
E|-3---3---3-1-1-1---1-|

Home from school, he watched his daughter cry

G|---------------------|
D|---------------2-----|
A|-1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-|
E|---------------------|

In the yard, he cursed God and fired at the sky

G|-----------------|
D|---------2-------|
A|-0---------3-----|
E|---3---3-----1-1-|

Pre-Chorus 2:

Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie

G|--------------------------|
D|----------------------2---|
A|------1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-|
E|-13\1---------------------|

Meaty face and a lovely eye

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------3---|
A|-------1-------------|
E|-3---3---3-1-1-1---1-|

Her dreams in the sky, her father felt her pain

G|---------------------|
D|---------------2-----|
A|-1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-|
E|---------------------|

And as he shot at the clouds, it began to rain

G|-----------------|
D|---------2-------|
A|-0---------3-----|
E|---3---3-----1-1-|

Chorus:

Hamantha, Hamantha

G|-10---------9-----|
D|--------8---------|
A|------8---------7-|
E|------------------|

You were impossible to ignore

G|---5--3--3--5--|
D|-7-------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Hamantha, Hamantha

G|-3---------2---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

So greedy we wanted more

G|-0------0-----------|
D|------------------3-|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Bridge:

Got a call from the doctor

G|-10--12-14-9--12-|                G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|         Or      D|-------3---------|
A|-----------------|                A|-1----------0----|
E|-----------------|                E|-----------------|

He had some amazing news for her

G|-14-7--7/9-9-9/10--10-10----|          G|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|    Or      D|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|          A|--------0-0---------------|
E|----------------------------|          E|-3----------------1-------|

He just developed a cure

G|-10-10--12-14-9-----|              G|------------------|
D|--------------------|        Or      D|------3---------3-|
A|--------------------|              A|-1---------0------|
E|--------------------|              E|------------------|

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

G|-7--7-7-9-5--------------|            G|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|     Or      D|---------------------------|
A|-------------------------|            A|---------------0-----------|
E|-------------------------|            E|-3------3-3--------1-------|

Burst out the door, she was beaming

G|-10--12-14-9--12-|                G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|         Or      D|-------3---------|
A|-----------------|                A|-1----------0----|
E|-----------------|                E|-----------------|

Among the raindrops her happy tears were streaming

G|-14-7--7/9-9-9/10--10-|             G|--------------------------|
D|----------------------|       Or      D|--------------------------|
A|----------------------|             A|--------0-0---------------|
E|----------------------|             E|-3----------------1-------|

Finally freed from her pain

G|-10-10--7-10-9--5-9-|              G|------------------|
D|--------------------|        Or      D|------3---------3-|
A|--------------------|              A|-1---------0------|
E|--------------------|              E|------------------|

But something else fell with the rain

G|-7--7-7-9-5--------------|            G|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|     Or      D|---------------------------|
A|-------------------------|            A|---------------0-----------|
E|-------------------------|            E|-3------3-3--------1-------|

A stray bullet shot by her father

G|-10--12-14-9--12-|                G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|         Or      D|-------3---------|
A|-----------------|                A|-1----------0----|
E|-----------------|                E|-----------------|

Aimlessly nested inside her

G|-14-7--7/9-9-9/10--10-|             G|--------------------------|
D|----------------------|       Or      D|--------------------------|
A|----------------------|             A|--------0-0---------------|
E|----------------------|             E|-3----------------1-------|

She fell to the the sidewalk, now empty

G|-10-10--12-14-9-----|              G|------------------|
D|--------------------|        Or      D|------3---------3-|
A|--------------------|              A|-1---------0------|
E|--------------------|              E|------------------|

Of the life which once christened her body

G|-7------7--7-9-5--------------|         G|---------------------------|
D|------------------------------|   Or      D|---------------------------|
A|------------------------------|         A|---------------0-----------|
E|------------------------------|         E|-3------3-3--------1-------|

Interlude:

G|-10--12-14-9--12-14-7--7/9-9-9/10---10-10--7--10-9--5--5-7-5-3-3-5-7-5--3-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"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

G|--------------------------|
D|----------------------2---|
A|------1-1---1-3-1-0-----3-|
E|-13\1---------------------|

Meaty face and a lovely eye

G|---------------------|
D|-----------------3---|
A|-------1-------------|
E|-3---3---3-1-1-1---1-|

At her time of death, the doc said "time to eat!"

G|---------------------|
D|---------------2-----|
A|-1---1-3-1-0-0---3-0-|
E|---------------------|

So we took a bite out of her face meat

G|-----------------|
D|---------2-------|
A|-0---------3-----|
E|---3---3-----1-1-|

Chorus:

Hamantha, Hamantha

G|-10---------9-----|
D|--------8---------|
A|------8---------7-|
E|------------------|

You were impossible to ignore (La-la-la...)

G|---5--3--3--5--|
D|-7-------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Hamantha, Hamantha

G|-3---------2---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

So greedy we wanted more
G|-0------0-----------|
D|------------------3-|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Outro:

Soaring infinitely through space

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Hamantha's soul was graced

G|--------------------|
D|-5-------3----------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

With a glance of our humble planet

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

At which she was amazed

G|--------------------|
D|-5-------3----------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

The news of her untimely death

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Had spread out near and far

G|--------------------|
D|-5-------3----------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

And through her soul, the truth was whole

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Her dream had crossed the bar

G|--------------------|
D|-5-------3----------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Hamantha had become a star

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Hamantha was finally a star

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Hamantha had become a star

G|--------------------|
D|-5-------3----------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Hamantha was finally a star

G|-3-------2----------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

|🏷Legend|

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