Bheegi Bheegi from Gangster
Performed by James and band
By Sanjeev George and Thomas George, Bangalore, India
This track is an amazing song in the movie.
If we aren’t wrong, 3 guitars have been used in the song.
One plays all the acoustic arpeggios,
One the electric arpeggios and all the power chords with distortion,
and the last plays all the leads, with some unique sort of distortion.
Please listen to the song for understanding the tab better. There seems to be a lot of
and bend-release throughout the song.
Symbols used in this tab (note carefully):
| s slide up or down as required
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| v vibrato
Chords used
Em G F E5 C5 B5 D5
e|----0-----3-----1-----------------------------|
B|----0-----3-----1-----------------------------|
G|----0-----0-----2-----9-----5-----4-----7-----|
D|----2-----0-----3-----9-----5-----4-----7-----|
A|----2-----2-----3-----7-----3-----2-----5-----|
E|----0-----3-----1-----------------------------|
Acoustic arpeggios
Em D C
e|-----------3p2p0---------0---------------------------------------|
B|---------0------------3----3--------1----------------------------|
G|-------0------------2-------------0----------0-----0-------------|
D|-----2------------0-------------2----------2-----0---------------|
A|------------------------------3--------0-3-----2-----------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Electric arpeggios
Em G F Em
e|-----------0-------------3---------------1---------------0-------|
B|---------0---0---------3---3-----------1---1-----------0---0-----|
G|-------0-------0-----0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0---|
D|-----2-----------------------------3---------------2-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff A played during second chorus at “………yeh zindagaani………”
e|-----14b15r14-----------------------|
B|--------------17-15-15s17v----------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Riff B played during 2nd chorus after “……..hamaari adhuri kahani “
e|-----14b15v—p12----------12-14-14b15v---------|
B|----------------15-12-15----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
(Play note 14, bend to 15 and vibrate 15)
Solo:
e|--15-12---------------------------------------------------------10~---|
B|--------15-12-15--------------------------------------7h8-7-----------|
G|-----------------14b16-14v-----12---9h12—11v--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----10s12v-----13b15r—13b15r—13p12p10--------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10h12s15-12-----------------------12-13b15r13b15--12-10---------------|
G|--------------12b14r12b14r—12v---12-----------------------12-11h12-11---|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/james/bheegi_bheegi_tab.html ]
e|-----10s12~--14-14h15-15s17~---14h15p14p12-------14-15-17--20-20p19p17--|
B|-------------------------------------------15-15------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This part is a little difficult to play
e|--15v----15s17---15s12-15---12s10-12--10s7-10--7s5-7--5s3-5-3v-----|
B|------17-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Now unto the song
Verse 1:
Em G
Bheegi bheegi si hai raatein bheegi bheegi yaadein bheegi bheegi baatein bheegi bheegi
Em F Em F Em
Aankhon mein kaisi nami hai, aa ha ha ha, aa ha, aa ha ha ha
Em G
Sapnon ka saaya palkon pe aaya pal mein hasaaya pal mein rulaya
Em F Em F Em
Phir bhi yeh kaisi kami hai, aa ha ha ha, aa ha, aa ha ha ha
Chorus:
E5 C5 B5 C5
Na jaane koi, kaisi hai yeh zindagaani, zindagaani_________
\
C5 B5 E5 twice
Hamari adhuri kahani ______________________________________/
Verse 2:
Em G
Aadhi aadhi jaagi aadhi aadhi soyi aankhen teri ye lagta hai royi
Em F Em F Em
Lekar ye naam hamara, aa ha ha ha, aa ha, aa ha haha
Em G
Rootha rootha rab choota choota sab toota toota dil tere bina ab
Em F Em F Em
Kaise ho jeena ganwara, aa ha ha ha. Aa ha, aa ha ha ha
The structure of the song is
Intro: starts with keyboards, then followed by bass, guitar 1 and drums.
guitar 1 plays the acoustic arpeggios
Verse 1: Guitar 1 strums the chords gently
Guitar 2 plays the electric arpeggios from’…sapnon ka saaya….”onwards
Chorus: Guitar 2 plays the power chords
Verse 2: Guitar 1 strums gently
Guitar 2 plays the electric guitar arpeggios
Chorus: Guitar 2 plays power chords
Guitar 3 plays the riffs A and B at the points indicated with the riffs
Solo: played by guitar 3
Guitar 1 plays the acoustic arpeggios throughout the solo
Guitar 2 plays power chords E5, D5, C5 B5…etc(listen to the song) and
solo ends with a C5
Verse 1 again: only bass
Chorus: guitar 2 chords
Towards the end, the chorus is extended as:
E5 E5 C5 B5 C5 B5
na jaane koi, naa jaane koi, hamari adhuri kahani
E5 C5 B5 C5
na jaane koi, kaisi hai yeh zindagaani, hamari adhuri kahani
C5 B5 E5
na na na na na na na na na na na na naa naa
C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5…….
Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye
C5 B5 E5
Hamari adhuri kahani
Then this small part by guitar 3
e|---15-12v-----------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
And then finally the acoustic guitar arpeggios played by guitar 2
And it ends on an E minor strum played by guitar 2.
This tab may not correspond exactly to the way the song is played in the video, but it
pretty accurate to us.
We haven’t tabbed some of the parts in between. If someone can tab them, fine and good.
All corrections, comments to improve this tab are most welcome.
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