La Pieta chords by NOFX

Intro:
A  G#m  Fm  E

Verse:
   A       C#m7      D        A
When she asked me to kill her, I said of course I would
Fm       E        D        A
She had another week or two, But why should she suffer
      D            Dm           C#m7        Fm
Then my daughter walked into the bedroom and asked what's wrong with grandmas face
   A        C#m7        D  A
My mother decided she wanted to die with grace

     A       C#m7          D         A
I said “Momma, are you sure you want this to happen to you right now?”
     Fm          E       D         A
She said “Yes, please end it sweety, I can’t live in this much pain
  D       Dm       C#m7      Fm
I want to die surrounded by the people I most love
      A       C#m7           D  A
I brought you into this world, you gotta take me out”

Intro:

   A        C#m7     D     A
My lifes’ greatest decision took just one millisec
Fm        E      D     A
Ethics turn to instinct and prim into respect
  D       Dm    C#m7   Fm
I grinded twenty oxys and thirty perceset
    A         C#m7     D  A
I was told that would be more than enough


  A         C#m7      D     A
It turns out she was stronger than anyone had thought
   Fm        E        D          A
The brain wanted to turn off but it couldnt convince her heart
   D         Dm    C#m7        Fm
Her eyes stuck halfway open, her mouth shaped a dead frown
    A        C#m7         D A
After twenty hours her body would not shut down

Intro:

  A        C#m7       D        A
I told everyone to leave the room, this was a solo sin
     Fm     E       D       A
I said goodbye and kissed her and shot her in insulin
   D        Dm       C#m7       Fm
Her death rattle, her last battle, my mind could never erase
    A      C#m7      D  A
So I gently held a pillow on her face

   A      C#m7    D       A
Call me what you need to, call this an attack
Fm         E        D       A
Fill my veins with cold blood and color my heart black
  D        Dm      C#m7       Fm
My mom gave me the greatest life anyone could ever live
  A            C#m7        D  A