Chords for SABATON - Night Witches (Animated Story Video)
Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Cm
F
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The Germans [F] are resting behind the lines of the [Bb] Eastern Front.
Their tents in neat rows.
All is in order in the quiet and still of the night.
It's cold, and the winter snow crunches under the jackboot of a guard.
Looking up into the sky, the snow starts to drift down.
It's peaceful here.
Was that a noise from the sky?
No, it's just the wind.
Suddenly, piercing the still of the night, there's an otherworldly scream,
and a whoosh as a dark form speeds by.
And was that a woman's laughter in the distance?
There are no engine sounds, and the suddenly [F] fearful German soldier
[Bb] loses his footing and whispers under his breath,
The world is [Bbm] all at once a bloom of fire and ash,
and two more dark [Ebm] forms pass without a sound.
[Bbm] Hearing the whooping and celebration of these [F] supernatural creatures,
[Bb] the guard shakes himself from his fear and calls out,
Die Nachthexen!
The Night Witches!
[Ab]
[Bb] In the sky, above, three planes of the soon-to-be-famous
[Bbm] 588th Night Bomber Regiment.
Their engines now running, turn east for [Gb] home.
Time [Bbm] to rearm and refuel for another mission.
Coming into land, they're greeted by their commissar, [F] Yevdokia Rashkevich.
The young girls that form the pilots and navigators are between the ages of 17 and 26.
They are desperate to take the [Bb] fight to the Germans,
and have travelled from all over Russia to join the all-women [F] regiments.
The 588th is where [Bb] the least skilled of all [Gb] the women are placed,
but that didn't stop them [Ab] from carving their name [Ebm] in history.
In the early days, they were largely [Bb] ridiculed by the Soviet men.
Given men's [Gb] uniforms that were too big, and shoes all of the same [F] size,
the women did [F] the best they could with the [Bb] clothes,
making them fit with belts or [Bbm] filling the large men's shoes with stuffing.
[Db] The equipment they were given was woefully out of date.
[Eb] The Polykarpov [Db] P.O.2. was a two-man trainer, [Gb] underpowered and [Bb] made of cloth and wood. These old [Db] string bags were [Gb] nicknamed crock-dusters, or [Ebm] even worse, sewing [Ab] machines due to the noise their tiny engines [F] made. But the women of the [Bbm] 588th ignored the taunts, and despite the odds, turned the plane's shortcomings to their advantage. The planes at maximum speeds were [F] far below the stall speeds [Gb] of any of the German fighters. Giving [C] them a tight turning [Fm] circle, they were [Gb] almost impossible to hit. [F] They were susceptible to small arms fire and [Bbm] anti-aircraft guns, so their strategy was to [Db] attack in threes, with a navigator in [Bbm] each plane. At her signal, the pilot would [F] cut the engines and [Ebm] swoop in slowly, [Bb] silently. Dropping their [F] bombs, feeling death [Gb] from above. [Bb] Unexpected. Undetected. Self-perfected. If necessary, the other two would draw fire from the fighters, or from the ground. They slept during the day, and rose at dusk to take their vengeance on the [F] invaders. This unnatural bravery [Bbm] and their stealth tactics earned them their title, the Night Witches. [F] The German ace, Johannes [Bb] Steinhoff said, we simply couldn't grasp that the Soviet airmen that caused us the greatest [Db] trouble, were in fact women. These women [N] feared nothing. [G]
[Gb] [C]
[D] [Bb] [C]
Silent, helpless, [Bb] menacing, explosive, [D] violent, crushed and packed, and [Cm] powerless, [Bb] listened, undetected. [Cm] Pushing on and on, the flames are now as [Bb] strong. [Cm] Somewhere down below, they're looking for the [Bb] probe. [Cm] You can hide, you can move, just to find that a test [Bb] is due. [Cm] Silent through the night, the Witches on the [Bb] fight. [Cm] [G] Wings of [Fm] death. [G] Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. [Bb] 388. [Cm] [D] Undetected. [C] Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. All sorts of ground retreat into the [Bb] sound. Death is [C] in the [Cm] air. Suddenly appears the turbine of [Bb] bliss. Right from the [Cm] Witch's air. So it's on from around, now it's on from the [Bb] battleground. Ashes [Cm] they beguile. Dodging our ways, we'll see them at the [Bb] gates. Slip to [Cm] flight and fly. [G] Cannibals. Wings of [F] death. Prepare to meet [G] your fate. Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. [Bb] 388. [Cm] [C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. [Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [G]
[Fm] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] Beneath the starlight [Cm] of the heavens. [Ab] [Bb] Unmatched with heroes in [Cm] the skies. [Ab] As [Bb] they appear on [Cm] the horizon. [Ab] The [Bb] wind will whisper [G] when the high quakes just come. [N] [D] [Cm]
[C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Ab] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [C]-perfected. Not the death of Hell. The silence of the [Bb] snow. Explode the [Cm] violence. Russian night. Fight like Black Death. No [Bb] escape. [Cm] Undetected. [Bb]
[Db] 32 [F] women, both pilots [Gb] and navigators, never [G] came home. The [Eb] 588th became highly decorated and respected, flying more than 23,000 sorties, dropping over [Ab] 3,000 tons of bombs. [Eb] 23 [Gm] night witches were awarded the Hero of [Cm] the Soviet Union, although [C] they were disbanded just six months after the war [Cm] and not allowed to fly in the Victory Parade, given their [Eb] planes were so slow. From 1956, [F] after she retired from [Bb] active service, their commissar, Yevdokia Rachkevich, [Ab] took it upon herself to find the site of [F] every single one of her girls [Bb] that was downed, to [Cm] mark the place and to pay her respects to each [Eb] one of the incredibly brave night [Ab] witches. [Eb]
[Eb]
Their tents in neat rows.
All is in order in the quiet and still of the night.
It's cold, and the winter snow crunches under the jackboot of a guard.
Looking up into the sky, the snow starts to drift down.
It's peaceful here.
Was that a noise from the sky?
No, it's just the wind.
Suddenly, piercing the still of the night, there's an otherworldly scream,
and a whoosh as a dark form speeds by.
And was that a woman's laughter in the distance?
There are no engine sounds, and the suddenly [F] fearful German soldier
[Bb] loses his footing and whispers under his breath,
The world is [Bbm] all at once a bloom of fire and ash,
and two more dark [Ebm] forms pass without a sound.
[Bbm] Hearing the whooping and celebration of these [F] supernatural creatures,
[Bb] the guard shakes himself from his fear and calls out,
Die Nachthexen!
The Night Witches!
[Ab]
[Bb] In the sky, above, three planes of the soon-to-be-famous
[Bbm] 588th Night Bomber Regiment.
Their engines now running, turn east for [Gb] home.
Time [Bbm] to rearm and refuel for another mission.
Coming into land, they're greeted by their commissar, [F] Yevdokia Rashkevich.
The young girls that form the pilots and navigators are between the ages of 17 and 26.
They are desperate to take the [Bb] fight to the Germans,
and have travelled from all over Russia to join the all-women [F] regiments.
The 588th is where [Bb] the least skilled of all [Gb] the women are placed,
but that didn't stop them [Ab] from carving their name [Ebm] in history.
In the early days, they were largely [Bb] ridiculed by the Soviet men.
Given men's [Gb] uniforms that were too big, and shoes all of the same [F] size,
the women did [F] the best they could with the [Bb] clothes,
making them fit with belts or [Bbm] filling the large men's shoes with stuffing.
[Db] The equipment they were given was woefully out of date.
[Eb] The Polykarpov [Db] P.O.2. was a two-man trainer, [Gb] underpowered and [Bb] made of cloth and wood. These old [Db] string bags were [Gb] nicknamed crock-dusters, or [Ebm] even worse, sewing [Ab] machines due to the noise their tiny engines [F] made. But the women of the [Bbm] 588th ignored the taunts, and despite the odds, turned the plane's shortcomings to their advantage. The planes at maximum speeds were [F] far below the stall speeds [Gb] of any of the German fighters. Giving [C] them a tight turning [Fm] circle, they were [Gb] almost impossible to hit. [F] They were susceptible to small arms fire and [Bbm] anti-aircraft guns, so their strategy was to [Db] attack in threes, with a navigator in [Bbm] each plane. At her signal, the pilot would [F] cut the engines and [Ebm] swoop in slowly, [Bb] silently. Dropping their [F] bombs, feeling death [Gb] from above. [Bb] Unexpected. Undetected. Self-perfected. If necessary, the other two would draw fire from the fighters, or from the ground. They slept during the day, and rose at dusk to take their vengeance on the [F] invaders. This unnatural bravery [Bbm] and their stealth tactics earned them their title, the Night Witches. [F] The German ace, Johannes [Bb] Steinhoff said, we simply couldn't grasp that the Soviet airmen that caused us the greatest [Db] trouble, were in fact women. These women [N] feared nothing. [G]
[Gb] [C]
[D] [Bb] [C]
Silent, helpless, [Bb] menacing, explosive, [D] violent, crushed and packed, and [Cm] powerless, [Bb] listened, undetected. [Cm] Pushing on and on, the flames are now as [Bb] strong. [Cm] Somewhere down below, they're looking for the [Bb] probe. [Cm] You can hide, you can move, just to find that a test [Bb] is due. [Cm] Silent through the night, the Witches on the [Bb] fight. [Cm] [G] Wings of [Fm] death. [G] Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. [Bb] 388. [Cm] [D] Undetected. [C] Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. All sorts of ground retreat into the [Bb] sound. Death is [C] in the [Cm] air. Suddenly appears the turbine of [Bb] bliss. Right from the [Cm] Witch's air. So it's on from around, now it's on from the [Bb] battleground. Ashes [Cm] they beguile. Dodging our ways, we'll see them at the [Bb] gates. Slip to [Cm] flight and fly. [G] Cannibals. Wings of [F] death. Prepare to meet [G] your fate. Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. [Bb] 388. [Cm] [C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. [Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [G]
[Fm] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] Beneath the starlight [Cm] of the heavens. [Ab] [Bb] Unmatched with heroes in [Cm] the skies. [Ab] As [Bb] they appear on [Cm] the horizon. [Ab] The [Bb] wind will whisper [G] when the high quakes just come. [N] [D] [Cm]
[C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Ab] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [C]-perfected. Not the death of Hell. The silence of the [Bb] snow. Explode the [Cm] violence. Russian night. Fight like Black Death. No [Bb] escape. [Cm] Undetected. [Bb]
[Db] 32 [F] women, both pilots [Gb] and navigators, never [G] came home. The [Eb] 588th became highly decorated and respected, flying more than 23,000 sorties, dropping over [Ab] 3,000 tons of bombs. [Eb] 23 [Gm] night witches were awarded the Hero of [Cm] the Soviet Union, although [C] they were disbanded just six months after the war [Cm] and not allowed to fly in the Victory Parade, given their [Eb] planes were so slow. From 1956, [F] after she retired from [Bb] active service, their commissar, Yevdokia Rachkevich, [Ab] took it upon herself to find the site of [F] every single one of her girls [Bb] that was downed, to [Cm] mark the place and to pay her respects to each [Eb] one of the incredibly brave night [Ab] witches. [Eb]
[Eb]
Key:
Bb
Cm
F
Ab
C
Bb
Cm
F
_ _ The Germans [F] are resting behind the lines of the [Bb] Eastern Front.
Their tents in neat rows.
All is in order in the quiet and still of the night.
It's cold, and the winter snow crunches under the jackboot of a guard.
Looking up into the sky, the snow starts to drift down.
It's peaceful here.
Was that a noise from the sky?
No, it's just the wind.
Suddenly, piercing the still of the night, there's an otherworldly scream,
and a whoosh as a dark form speeds by.
And was that a woman's laughter in the distance?
There are no engine sounds, and the suddenly [F] fearful German soldier
[Bb] loses his footing and whispers under his breath,
The _ world is [Bbm] all at once a bloom of fire and ash,
and two more dark [Ebm] forms pass without a sound.
_ [Bbm] Hearing the whooping and celebration of these [F] supernatural creatures,
[Bb] the guard shakes himself from his fear and calls out, _ _
Die Nachthexen!
The Night Witches!
[Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] In the sky, above, three planes of the soon-to-be-famous
_ [Bbm] 588th Night Bomber Regiment.
Their engines now running, turn east for [Gb] home.
Time [Bbm] to rearm and refuel for another mission.
Coming into land, they're greeted by their commissar, [F] Yevdokia Rashkevich.
The young girls that form the pilots and navigators are between the ages of 17 and 26.
They are desperate to take the [Bb] fight to the Germans,
and have travelled from all over Russia to join the all-women [F] regiments.
The 588th is where [Bb] the least skilled of all [Gb] the women are placed,
but that didn't stop them [Ab] from carving their name [Ebm] in history.
In the early days, they were largely [Bb] ridiculed by the Soviet men.
Given men's [Gb] uniforms that were too big, and shoes all of the same [F] size,
the women did [F] the best they could with the [Bb] clothes,
making them fit with belts or [Bbm] filling the large men's shoes with stuffing.
[Db] The equipment they were given was woefully out of date.
[Eb] The Polykarpov [Db] P.O.2. was a two-man trainer, [Gb] underpowered and [Bb] made of cloth and wood. These old [Db] string bags were [Gb] nicknamed crock-dusters, or [Ebm] even worse, sewing [Ab] machines due to the noise their tiny engines [F] made. But the women of the [Bbm] 588th ignored the taunts, and despite the odds, turned the plane's shortcomings to their advantage. The planes at maximum speeds were [F] far below the stall speeds [Gb] of any of the German fighters. Giving [C] them a tight turning [Fm] circle, they were [Gb] almost impossible to hit. _ [F] They were susceptible to small arms fire and [Bbm] anti-aircraft guns, so their strategy was to [Db] attack in threes, with a navigator in [Bbm] each plane. At her signal, the pilot would [F] cut the engines and [Ebm] swoop in slowly, [Bb] silently. _ Dropping their [F] bombs, feeling death [Gb] from above. [Bb] Unexpected. Undetected. Self-perfected. If necessary, the other two would draw fire from the fighters, or from the ground. They slept during the day, and rose at dusk to take their vengeance on the [F] invaders. This unnatural bravery [Bbm] and their stealth tactics earned them their title, the Night Witches. [F] The German ace, Johannes [Bb] Steinhoff said, we simply couldn't grasp that the Soviet airmen that caused us the greatest [Db] trouble, were in fact women. These women [N] feared nothing. _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
Silent, helpless, [Bb] menacing, explosive, [D] violent, crushed and packed, and _ [Cm] powerless, [Bb] listened, undetected. [Cm] Pushing on and on, the flames are now as [Bb] strong. _ [Cm] _ Somewhere down below, they're looking for the [Bb] probe. _ [Cm] _ You can hide, you can move, just to find that a test [Bb] is due. _ [Cm] _ Silent through the night, the Witches on the [Bb] fight. _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ Wings of [Fm] death. _ [G] _ _ Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. _ [Bb] 388. [Cm] _ [D] Undetected. [C] Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. All sorts of ground retreat into the [Bb] sound. Death is [C] in the [Cm] air. Suddenly appears the turbine of [Bb] bliss. Right from the [Cm] Witch's air. So it's on from around, now it's on from the [Bb] battleground. Ashes [Cm] they beguile. Dodging our ways, we'll see them at the [Bb] gates. Slip to [Cm] flight and fly. [G] _ Cannibals. Wings of [F] death. Prepare to meet [G] your fate. Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. [Bb] 388. _ [Cm] _ [C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] Beneath the starlight [Cm] of the heavens. _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Unmatched with heroes in [Cm] the skies. _ _ [Ab] As [Bb] they appear on [Cm] the horizon. _ _ [Ab] The [Bb] wind will whisper [G] when the high quakes just come. _ [N] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Ab] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [C]-perfected. Not the death of Hell. The silence of the [Bb] snow. Explode the [Cm] violence. Russian night. Fight like Black Death. No [Bb] escape. [Cm] Undetected. _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ 32 [F] women, both pilots [Gb] and navigators, never [G] came home. The [Eb] 588th became highly decorated and respected, flying more than 23,000 sorties, dropping over [Ab] 3,000 tons of bombs. [Eb] 23 [Gm] night witches were awarded the Hero of [Cm] the Soviet Union, although [C] they were disbanded just six months after the war [Cm] and not allowed to fly in the Victory Parade, given their [Eb] planes were so slow. _ From 1956, [F] after she retired from [Bb] active service, their commissar, Yevdokia Rachkevich, [Ab] took it upon herself to find the site of [F] every single one of her girls [Bb] that was downed, to [Cm] mark the place and to pay her respects to each [Eb] one of the incredibly brave night [Ab] witches. _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Their tents in neat rows.
All is in order in the quiet and still of the night.
It's cold, and the winter snow crunches under the jackboot of a guard.
Looking up into the sky, the snow starts to drift down.
It's peaceful here.
Was that a noise from the sky?
No, it's just the wind.
Suddenly, piercing the still of the night, there's an otherworldly scream,
and a whoosh as a dark form speeds by.
And was that a woman's laughter in the distance?
There are no engine sounds, and the suddenly [F] fearful German soldier
[Bb] loses his footing and whispers under his breath,
The _ world is [Bbm] all at once a bloom of fire and ash,
and two more dark [Ebm] forms pass without a sound.
_ [Bbm] Hearing the whooping and celebration of these [F] supernatural creatures,
[Bb] the guard shakes himself from his fear and calls out, _ _
Die Nachthexen!
The Night Witches!
[Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] In the sky, above, three planes of the soon-to-be-famous
_ [Bbm] 588th Night Bomber Regiment.
Their engines now running, turn east for [Gb] home.
Time [Bbm] to rearm and refuel for another mission.
Coming into land, they're greeted by their commissar, [F] Yevdokia Rashkevich.
The young girls that form the pilots and navigators are between the ages of 17 and 26.
They are desperate to take the [Bb] fight to the Germans,
and have travelled from all over Russia to join the all-women [F] regiments.
The 588th is where [Bb] the least skilled of all [Gb] the women are placed,
but that didn't stop them [Ab] from carving their name [Ebm] in history.
In the early days, they were largely [Bb] ridiculed by the Soviet men.
Given men's [Gb] uniforms that were too big, and shoes all of the same [F] size,
the women did [F] the best they could with the [Bb] clothes,
making them fit with belts or [Bbm] filling the large men's shoes with stuffing.
[Db] The equipment they were given was woefully out of date.
[Eb] The Polykarpov [Db] P.O.2. was a two-man trainer, [Gb] underpowered and [Bb] made of cloth and wood. These old [Db] string bags were [Gb] nicknamed crock-dusters, or [Ebm] even worse, sewing [Ab] machines due to the noise their tiny engines [F] made. But the women of the [Bbm] 588th ignored the taunts, and despite the odds, turned the plane's shortcomings to their advantage. The planes at maximum speeds were [F] far below the stall speeds [Gb] of any of the German fighters. Giving [C] them a tight turning [Fm] circle, they were [Gb] almost impossible to hit. _ [F] They were susceptible to small arms fire and [Bbm] anti-aircraft guns, so their strategy was to [Db] attack in threes, with a navigator in [Bbm] each plane. At her signal, the pilot would [F] cut the engines and [Ebm] swoop in slowly, [Bb] silently. _ Dropping their [F] bombs, feeling death [Gb] from above. [Bb] Unexpected. Undetected. Self-perfected. If necessary, the other two would draw fire from the fighters, or from the ground. They slept during the day, and rose at dusk to take their vengeance on the [F] invaders. This unnatural bravery [Bbm] and their stealth tactics earned them their title, the Night Witches. [F] The German ace, Johannes [Bb] Steinhoff said, we simply couldn't grasp that the Soviet airmen that caused us the greatest [Db] trouble, were in fact women. These women [N] feared nothing. _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
Silent, helpless, [Bb] menacing, explosive, [D] violent, crushed and packed, and _ [Cm] powerless, [Bb] listened, undetected. [Cm] Pushing on and on, the flames are now as [Bb] strong. _ [Cm] _ Somewhere down below, they're looking for the [Bb] probe. _ [Cm] _ You can hide, you can move, just to find that a test [Bb] is due. _ [Cm] _ Silent through the night, the Witches on the [Bb] fight. _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ Wings of [Fm] death. _ [G] _ _ Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. _ [Bb] 388. [Cm] _ [D] Undetected. [C] Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. All sorts of ground retreat into the [Bb] sound. Death is [C] in the [Cm] air. Suddenly appears the turbine of [Bb] bliss. Right from the [Cm] Witch's air. So it's on from around, now it's on from the [Bb] battleground. Ashes [Cm] they beguile. Dodging our ways, we'll see them at the [Bb] gates. Slip to [Cm] flight and fly. [G] _ Cannibals. Wings of [F] death. Prepare to meet [G] your fate. Knights from the Red [Ab] Trements. [Bb] 388. _ [Cm] _ [C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Cm] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [Cm]-perfected. _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] Beneath the starlight [Cm] of the heavens. _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Unmatched with heroes in [Cm] the skies. _ _ [Ab] As [Bb] they appear on [Cm] the horizon. _ _ [Ab] The [Bb] wind will whisper [G] when the high quakes just come. _ [N] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[C] Undetected. Undetected. Wings of [Bb] glory. Now we're [Ab] flowing. [C] Deviation. Deviation. [Bb] Undetected. Self [C]-perfected. Not the death of Hell. The silence of the [Bb] snow. Explode the [Cm] violence. Russian night. Fight like Black Death. No [Bb] escape. [Cm] Undetected. _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ 32 [F] women, both pilots [Gb] and navigators, never [G] came home. The [Eb] 588th became highly decorated and respected, flying more than 23,000 sorties, dropping over [Ab] 3,000 tons of bombs. [Eb] 23 [Gm] night witches were awarded the Hero of [Cm] the Soviet Union, although [C] they were disbanded just six months after the war [Cm] and not allowed to fly in the Victory Parade, given their [Eb] planes were so slow. _ From 1956, [F] after she retired from [Bb] active service, their commissar, Yevdokia Rachkevich, [Ab] took it upon herself to find the site of [F] every single one of her girls [Bb] that was downed, to [Cm] mark the place and to pay her respects to each [Eb] one of the incredibly brave night [Ab] witches. _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _