The Ballad Of Hamantha bass tab by Jack Stauber

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

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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|🏷Legend|

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