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
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The Germans [F] are resting behind the lines of the [Bb] Eastern Front.
Their tents in neat rows.
night.
Looking up into the sky, the snow starts to drift down.
here.
Suddenly, piercing the still of the night, there's an otherworldly scream,
and a whoosh as a dark form speeds by.
laughter in the distance?
Their tents in neat rows.
night.
Looking up into the sky, the snow starts to drift down.
here.
Suddenly, piercing the still of the night, there's an otherworldly scream,
and a whoosh as a dark form speeds by.
laughter in the distance?
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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] _ _ _ _ _ _
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