Badal Sari

Badal Sari is one of the songs Sunil tabbed out for a private lesson a few years ago and the chart kept getting requested. The PDF below is the full transcription — chords, strumming markers, capo position, and a couple of fingering notes for the bridge.

This arrangement sits in D, no capo, with the kind of D-A-Bm-G vocabulary that anyone who's worked through the strumming-patterns blog post can play. The Bm is the only barre chord — practise the small-Bm voicing (top three strings barred at the second fret) before you attempt the song at tempo.

The strumming pattern is the D _ D U _ U D U that fits most modern Nepali pop ballads. The two missed beats are where the vocal naturally lands a sustained note, so the guitar gets out of the way for two ticks before coming back in.

For the in-page ChordPro chart we'll be uploading shortly, the PDF below has everything you need to play the song tonight. Print it, prop it on the stand, and you're set.