Jack Stauber – The Ballad Of Hamantha chords

[Verse 1]

Bb Am Gm F (2x)

Bb       Cm       AmLife's extension lottery
Gm                    FKind to some, but not to thee
Bb          C            AmBorn with a rare and sad disease
         Gm                   C      FShe grew a ham where her head should be


[Pre-Chorus]
Bb                      AmFlowing hair, she was a cutie pie
   Gm               FMeaty face and a lovely eye
    Bb                AmHer dream was to be a famous star
           Gm                             FBut at the rate she was going, she wasn't going far


[Chorus]
Bb          AmHamantha, Hamantha
          Gm                  FYou were impossible to ignore
 Bb         AmHamantha, Hamantha
   Gm                    FSo greedy we wanted more


[Verse 2]

Bb Am Gm F (2x)

Bb               Dm     Am  CHer father was a simple man
GmHe wanted to help
            F"In any way that I can!"
Bbm               Cm                         FmHome from school, he watched his daughter cry
       GIn the yard, he cursed God
          FAnd fired at the sky


[Pre-Chorus]
Bb                      AmFlowing hair, she was a cutie pie
  Gm                FMeaty face and a lovely eye
Bb                            AmDreams in the sky, her father felt her pain
          Gm                           fAnd as he shot at the clouds, it began to rain


[Chorus]
  Bb        AmHamantha, Hamantha
Cm        Gm                  FYou were impossible to ignore
 Bb         AmHamantha, Hamantha
   Gm                   FSo greedy we wanted more


[Bridge]
Bb                  AmGot a call from the doctor
       Gm                FHe had some amazing news for her
   Bb                  AmHe just developed a cure
 Gm7                                     Gm FIf she hurried over now, he'd try it out on her

Bb                             AmBurst out the door, she was beaming
 Gm                                      FAmong the raindrops her happy tears were streaming
Bb                      AmFinally free from her pain
    Gm                           FBut something else fell with the rain

  Bb                         AmA stray bullet shot by her father
Gm                 FPainlessly nested inside her
    Bb                              AmShe fell to the the sidewalk, now empty
       Gm                    FOf the life which once christened her body


[Interlude]

Bb Am Gm F

F"Nurse
FShe... she's gone."
F"Oh - oh dear."
F"I left a lunch on the table in the operating room for the bereaved
FA 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]
                        AmFlowing hair, she was a cutie pie
  Gm              FMeaty face and a lovely eye
       BbAt her time of death
             AmThe doc said "time to eat!"
   Gm                        FSo he took a bite out of her face meat


[Chorus]
  Bb       AmHamantha, Hamantha
Cm        Gm                  FYou were impossible to ignore
  Bb        AmHamantha, Hamantha
   Gm                   FSo greedy we wanted more


[Post-Chorus]
Bb                         F    AmSoaring infinitely through space
 Gm                 FHamantha's soul was graced
Bb                   AmWith a glance of our humble planet
 Gm                     FAt which she was amazed

    Bb          AmThe news of her untimely death
    Gm                    FHad spread out near and far
    Bb                    AmAnd through her soul, the truth was whole
    Gm                      FThe dream had crossed the bar

 Gm                       FHamantha had become a star
 Gm                    FHamantha was finally a star
 Gm                       FHamantha had become a star
 Bb              C     FHamantha was finally a star