The Ballad Of Hamantha

B A#m G#m F# (2x) B C#m A#m Life's extension lottery G#m F# Kind to some, but not to thee B C# A#m Born with a rare and sad disease G#m C# F# She grew a ham where her head should be B A#m Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie G#m F# Meaty face and a lovely eye B A#m Her dream was to be a famous star G#m F# But at the rate she was going, she wasn't going far B A#m Hamantha, Hamantha G#m F# You were impossible to ignore B A#m Hamantha, Hamantha G#m F# So greedy we wanted more B A#m G#m F# (2x) B D#m A#m C# Her father was a simple man G#m He wanted to help F# "In any way that I can!" Bm C#m F#m Home from school, he watched his daughter cry G# In the yard, he cursed God F# And fired at the sky B A#m Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie G#m F# Meaty face and a lovely eye B A#m Dreams in the sky, her father felt her pain Gm f And as he shot at the clouds, it began to rain B A#m Hamantha, Hamantha C#m G#m F# You were impossible to ignore B A#m Hamantha, Hamantha G#m F# So greedy we wanted more B A#m Got a call from the doctor G#m F# He had some amazing news for her B A#m He just developed a cure G#m7 G#m F# If she hurried over now, he'd try it out on her B A#m Burst out the door, she was beaming G#m F# Among the raindrops her happy tears were streaming B A#m Finally free from her pain G#m F# But something else fell with the rain B A#m A stray bullet shot by her father G#m F# Painlessly nested inside her B A#m She fell to the the sidewalk, now empty G#m F# Of the life which once christened her body B A#m G#m 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# B "Oh dear." A#m Flowing hair, she was a cutie pie G#m F# Meaty face and a lovely eye B At her time of death A#m The doc said "time to eat!" G#m F# So he took a bite out of her face meat B A#m Hamantha, Hamantha C#m G#m F# You were impossible to ignore B A#m Hamantha, Hamantha G#m F# So greedy we wanted more B F# A#m Soaring infinitely through space G#m F# Hamantha's soul was graced B A#m With a glance of our humble planet G#m F# At which she was amazed B A#m The news of her untimely death G#m F# Had spread out near and far B A#m And through her soul, the truth was whole G#m F# The dream had crossed the bar G#m F# Hamantha had become a star G#m F# Hamantha was finally a star G#m F# Hamantha had become a star B C# F# Hamantha was finally a star