Oonchi Oonchi Waadi: Guitar Tabs, Notes and Chords
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Song Credits
- Song: Oonchi Oonchi Waadi Mein (also sung as Bhole Shankar)
- Film: OMG 2 (2023)
- Singer: Hansraj Raghuwanshi
- Music: DJ Strings, Raahi
- Lyrics: Kabeer Shukla, Hansraj Raghuwanshi, DJ Strings
The film treats devotion as argument as much as atmosphere. The song does the same work in sound: a hill-path refrain, a Shiva invocation, and a guitar part that has to stay singable. That is why it sits on the bhajan shelf first, and why the guitar sheet is written as aligned rows rather than a decorative tab dump.
Why the sheet is five rows
Most published guitar versions of film bhajans collapse three jobs into one stave: the sung pitch, the fret, and a chord name that may or may not belong to that beat. Learners then memorise shapes and lose the line.
The studio sheet keeps those jobs separate:
- S — string (1 is the high E)
- F — fret (
sslide,hhammer-on,ppull-off)
- N — Western note (
'marks the upper octave)
- W — words
- C — accompaniment chords
Spaces are columns. The page sets the block in Courier Prime so a space stays a space. If your browser substitutes a proportional font, the columns will drift; that is a display fault, not a licence to re-space the rows.
Harmonic reading in E
The song centres on E. The refrain leans on E6 into E, then F#m and B as the path opens. Later colour comes from F#m7, G#m and A. None of that is a raga analysis. It is a practical map: the vocal line sits on the notes; the right hand supplies a small, repeating harmony so the left hand can stay with the melody.
For guitar this means:
- Keep the E-major family under the fingers before you chase ornaments.
- Treat F#m and B as destination chords, not as a chance to thicken the texture.
- Do not substitute a full barre for every F#m7 if a partial voicing lets the vocal sit.
How to practise it
- Speak the words in time, without the guitar.
- Sing the N row on a single open string until the contour is stable.
- Add S and F at a slow pulse. Slides and hammers belong to the line, not to display.
- Only then add the C row. If the chord fights the sung note, the chord is wrong for that beat.
Songs Lesson
S 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
F 4 4s7 7 7 9 6 9s7s9
N C# C#E E E F# G# F#EF#
W Oonchi Oonchi Waadi Mein
C E6.....E......F#m......B
S 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
F 4 4h6 4 4 4s7 7 7
N F# F#G# F# C# C#E E E
W Baste-- Hain Bhole- Shankar
C .............F#m7...E......
S 3 3 3 3 3
F 4 4 4 4 4
N B B B B B
W Kaisi Yeh Laagi
C B..............
S 3 3 3 3 2 2
F 4 4 4h6 2 2p0 0
N B B BC#'A C#'BB
W Mujhko Te--ri La--gan
C .......G#m........E..
S 2 1 1 1 1
F 2 0 0 0 0
N B E' E' E' E'
W Gaaun Aur Jhoomun
C ..................
S 2 2 2 2 3 3 4
F 0 0 2 0 2 1 4
N B B C#'B A G#F#
W Hoke Tu-jhme Magan
C .....F#m7......B..
S 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
F 2 2s5 0 0 2 4 2p0h2
N C#'C#'E' E' E' F#'G#' F#'E'F#'
W Oonchi-- Oonchi Waadi- Mein----
C E6.......E.......F#m........B..
S 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
F 2 2 2 2 2s5 0 0
N F#'F#' F#' C#'C#'E' E' E'
W Baste- Hain Bhole--- Shankar
C ............A........E.......
S 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
F 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
N F#'E' F#'E' B C#' F#'E' F#'E'
W Bhole Bhole Shankar Bhole Bhole
C F#m7........B.......E..........
S 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
F 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0
N F#'E' F#'E' B C#' F#'E'
W Bhole Bhole Shankar Bhole
C F#m.................E.....
S 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
F 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0
N D#'D#'E' E' F#'F#'E'E'
W Ru-draroopa Ma-ha-deva
C B...........F#m.......
S 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
F 4 4 4 0 0 2 2 0
N D#'D#'D#' E' E' F#' F#'E'
W Trika-l-- Darshi Shanka-ra
C ...G#m...........B........
S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
F 2 5 4 4 2 5 4 4
N F#'A' G#'G#' F#'A'G#'G#'
W Ru-draroopa- Ma-hade-va-
C F#m.....................
S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 21
F 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 0 4 0 4 2 00
N F#'F#'A' G#'G#' F#' F#'F#' D#' D#'E'(D#'E'D#'C#'BE')
W Trika-l- Darshi Shanka-ra- Shanka-ra----------------
C ...........................B.....................E..Work with a teacher if the left-hand stretches in F#m and B collapse the melody.
Related study
This song is taught as part of the guitar classes and singing classes at Dr Banerjee Music, in the studio in Jalandhar and live online.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Oonchi Oonchi Waadi a bhajan or a film song?
Both. It is a film song from OMG 2, and it functions as a Shiva invocation. The lesson files it as a bhajan first so the voice leads, then as guitar tabs and Western notation so the same line can be practised on the fretboard.
How do I read the five rows?
Read down one column: string, fret, note, word, chord. Then read across the phrase. Spaces are columns, not decoration. If the letters drift, the font is wrong — the sheet is set for Courier Prime.
What key is the lesson in?
E major, with E6, F#m, B, F#m7, G#m and A as the working chords. Stay in that family until the melody is stable; do not transpose until the original contour is in the voice.
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