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.