Verse 1
 
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 
 
Pre-Chorus
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 
 
Chorus
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 
 
Verse 2
 
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 
 
Pre-Chorus
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 
 
Chorus
  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 
 
Bridge
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 
 
Interlude
 
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." 
 
Pre-Chorus
                        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 
 
Chorus
  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 
 
Post-Chorus
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