3/4 time
Lyrics transliterated from the original Russian (Cyrillic alphabet)
Dm G Dm
Prosti menya, mladshiy brat!
Dm C F A7
Ya tak pred toboy vinovat.
Dm G Dm
Pyitat'sya vernut' nyel'zya
C Dm
Tovo, chto vzyila zyemlya.
Dm G Dm
Kto znayet zakon Byitiya,
Dm C F A7
Pomog byi mne nayti otvet.
Dm G Dm
Zhestoko oshibsya ya;
C Dm
Ot smerti lekarstva nyet.
F G F G
Milaya mama! Nyezhnaya!
F G Bb C
Myi tak lyubili tebya.
F G F G
No vse nashi silyi
F G A
Potrachenyi byili zrya.
Bb C F
Tebya soblaznil ya
Bb C F
Prekrasnoy nadezhdoy
G Am Bb
Vernut' nash semeynyiy ochag.
Gm7 Am7 Dmsus4 Dm
Moy brat, ya vo vsyom vinovat.
Interlude:
Dm G Dm G
Dm G Dm G
Bb Am7 Dm
Bb C Dm
Dm G Dm
Nye plach', nye pechal'sya, starshiy brat!
Dm C F A7
Nye tyi odin vinovat.
Dm G Dm
Doroga u nas odna,
C Dm
Iskupim vinu do dna.
Dm G Dm
Mnye nye vchem tebya upreknut'.
Dm C F A7
I ya nye obizhen nichut'.
Dm G Dm
Tyazhek, nash gryekh
C Dm
Khotet' byit' silneye vsekh.
F G F G
Milaya mama! Nyezhnaya!
F G Bb C
Myi tak lyubili tebya.
F G F G
No vse nashi silyi
F G A
Potrachenyi byili zrya.
Bb C F
Ya sam soblaznilsya
Bb C F
Prekprasnoy nadezhdoy
G Am Bb
Vernut' nash semeinyiy ochag.
Gm7 Am7 Dmsus4 Dm
Ya sam vo vsyom vinovat.
Bb C F
No chto zhe nam delat', kak byit'?
Bb C F
Kak vsyo ispravit', zyabyit'?
G Am Bb
Pyitat'sya vernut' nyel'zya,
G Am7 Dmsus4 Dm
Tovo, chto vzyila zyemlya.
Here is a translation that works with the chords:
How can I repay you Brother mine? How can I expect you to forgive?
Clinging to the past I shared our blood / And shattered your chance to live.
Though I knew the laws I payed no heed / How can I return your wasted breath?
What I did not know has cost you dear / For there is no cure for death.
Beautiful Mother, soft and sweet / Once you were gone we were not complete,
Back through the years we reached for you / Alas, 'twas not meant to be.
And how can I make amends / For all that I took from you?
I led you with hopeless dreams / My Brother I was a fool.
(Interlude)
Dont cry for the past now brother mine / Neither you nor I are free from blame.
Nothing can erase the things we did / For the paths we took were the same.
How can I expect to call you wrong? / How can I blame you for what I've done?
We both let our stupid, childish dreams / Fly us too close to the sun.
Beautiful Mother, soft and sweet / Once you were gone we were not complete,
Back through the years we reached for you / Alas, 'twas not meant to be.
My dreams made me blind and mute / I longed to return to that time
I followed without a word / My Brother, the fault is mine.
So where do we go from here? / And how to forget and forgive?
What's gone is forever lost / Now all we can do is live.
