Stairway To Heaven: Guitar Chords II

February 6, 2005

I’ve just finished putting chords on another STH theme song, Bogoshipda, the sad song sung by Kim Bum Soo that is played whenever Cholo sadly recalls their childhood moments with Jodi.

Haay naku, hanggang ngayon wala pa rin sa akin ang guitar ko. Pinapagawa pa kasi ng humiram ng guitar ko eh, mukhang nasira pa yata nila. Meanwhile, pinahiram muna sa akin yung spare guitar nila. Pero kulang naman yon ng dalawang string. Haaaaayyy!!!

So once again, balik na naman ako sa piano keyboard ko. Doon ako nangapa ng mga chords. And after that, I had to translate them to guitar chords again.

By the way, this song is less complicated than the Tagalog opening theme song Pag-ibig Ko’y Pansinin. But still, there are a couple of “broken” chords in this song: the F/A chord and the G7/B chord.

One feature of this song is the diminished 7th chord called Bbdim7 (”B flat diminished seventh”). This chord gives the song a touching, “madamdamin” feel. Try removing this chord (replace it with BbM7, “B flat major seventh”) and you’ll hear the difference in feel. Diminished 7th chords are rarely heard in mainstream music today. The only recent mainstream song I know which uses diminished 7th chords is All The Love in The World by The Corrs, right at the beginning of the chorus line “All I need is to know it’s for sure…”. Many songs of Basil Valdes also uses diminished 7th chords.

Another feature is the Bbm (”B flat minor”) chord, found in the refrain parts. It’s actually a substitute chord, replacing the BbM7 chord supposedly used in the “oolgoshipda” and “mitkoshipda” portion of the refrains. This chord substitution gives the song a sudden sorrowful feel.

As usual, I will provide chord charts for the complicated chords.

Notation:

Just in case you forgot, this is the BbM7 chord:

Here’s the diminished 7th chord:

And here are the “broken chords”:

Enjoy!

Bogoshipda (”I Miss You”)
by Kim Bum Soo

(Piano Intro)
BbM7 Bbdim7 Am7 Dm7
Gm7 C F
BbM7 Am7 Dm7
Gm7 C (hold)

(Stanza)

F       Gm         BbM7   Bbdim7
 amoori kidaryuhdo nan motka

  Am7    Dm7      Gm7                Csus    C
babochuhrum oolko inneun (nuh)nuh-yi kyuh - te

F             Gm            BbM7   Bbdim7
 sangchuhman jooneun nareul weh  moreuko

Am7    Dsus D   Gm7        Csus C
kida - ri - ni, tuhnakaran marya

(Refrain 1)

  BbM7        F/A
bogoshipda, bogoshipda

    Gm      C           FM7  F7
irun   nega miwuhjil mankeum

   Bbm            Am7     Dm7
oolgoshipda, nege mooreup koolko

Gm            G7/B              Csus       C
modoo uhptun i  -  ri dwel soo it - damyun

(Chorus)

    F       FM7         BbM7   Bbdim7
michil deus saranghetun ki-uhgi

      Am7    Dm7          Gm7     Csus  C
choo-uhkdeuri    nuhreul chatko itji - man

F           FM7           D
  duh isang sarang-iran byunmyung eh

        Gm7       C    BbM7
nuhreul kadool soo  uhpsuh.

          Am7      Dm7
iruhmyun andwejiman.

Gm7              C (hold)
joogeul mankeum bogoshipda.

(Instrumental)	

BbM7    F/A
Gm   C  F    F7

(Refrain 2)

  BbM7        F/A
bogoshipda, bogoshipda

    Gm      C            FM7  F7
irun   nega miwuhjil mankeum

   Bbm              Am7    Dm7
mitkoshipda, orheun kiri - rago.

Gm           G7/B           Csus     C
nuhreul wihe duh - nayaman han - dago.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Coda)

BbM7 Bbdim7 Am7 Dm7

 Gm7             C (hold)  F
joogeul mankeum mitko   -    shipda.