Dear All, Posting the Chords for the classical hit song Poovaadai Kaatru from the Movie Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982) composed by our Maestro Ilayaraja... Experts - Please validate and let me know your comments. Song: Poovaadai Kaatru Movie: Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982) Composer: IR Singers: S.Janaki & S.N.Surendar Pallavi: (Am)puuvaadai kaaRRu ...(E) la la la la la.. (Am)vanthu aadai thiiNdumE... (E)la la la la (Am)munthaanai inggE.... (E)la la la la (Am)kudaiyaaga maaRumE.... (E)la la la la (Am)Saaral pattadhaal (E)poo ve***kume (Am)Eera vandugal (Dm)then ku***kume (E)Aaa .. aa.. aah... ..... puuvaadai kaaRRu............. Charanam 1: (Am)paadhai thadumaaRum idhu bOdhai mazhaiyaagum. (E)munthaanai vaasam (Am)EdhO sugam (Am)paadhai thadumaaRum idhu bOdhai mazhaiyaagum. (E)munthaanai vaasam (Am)EdhO sugam (A)kaaNaadha (F+)puuvin jaadhi (BmM7)nanainthathE (A6/E)dhEgam paadhi (A)thaLLaadum (F+)kaadhal jOthi (F#m)enna (Dm6)sEthi.. (A)idhu thaanE mOgam ... (F#m)papappaa... (A)oru puuvin dhaagam... (F#m)papappaa... (A)kudaiyOdu (G)nanaiyaathO (F/C)puunggaa(E)vanam. ..... puuvaadai kaaRRu............. Charanam 2: (Am)Enggum iLamaalai viral thiiNdum suga vELai (E)kaaNaadhathanRO (Am)aaN vaasanai (Am)Enggum iLamaalai viral thiiNdum suga vELai (E)kaaNaadhathanRO (Am)aaN vaasanai (A)ambigai (F+)thanggai enRu (BmM7)kiNduthE (A6/E)aasai vaNdu (A)thuLLuthE (F+)rOjaa seNdu (F#m)suudu (Dm6)enRu (A)iru kaNNin Oram..... (F#m)papaappaa (A)niRam maaRum nEram ... (F#m)papaappaa (A)maarbil vizhum (G)maalaigaLin (F/C)aaling(E)ganam. ..... puuvaadai kaaRRu............. Link: Poovaadai kaatru vanthu - YouTube
Iam hearing these variations in this part.. (A)kaanaadha (F+)puuvin jaadhi (F#m)nanainthathe (A)dhegam paadhi (A)thallaadum (F+)kaadhal jothi (F#m)enna se(Dm6)thi idhu (A)thaane mogam...(A)papappaa... oru (A)puuvin dhaagam...(A)papappaa... (A)kudaiyodu (G)nanaiyaatho (F)puunggaava(E)nam. jimihndrx
. Some differences changes in my version. Composed by Ilaiyaraja. Sung by S.Janaki and Krishnachandran. Am, 4/4 Poo(E)vaadai kaatru (Am)la la la Vandhu (Dm)aadai theendumae (Am)la la la Mun(E)dhaanai ingae (Am)la la la Kudai(Dm)yaaga maarumae (Am)la la la (Am)Saaral pattadhaal (Dm)poo vedikkumae (Am)Eera vandugal (Dm)thaen kudikkumae (G)Aa… aaa… (C Bdim Am)ho (Am)Paadhai thadumaarum Idhu bodhai mazhaiyaagum (E)Mundhaanai vaasam (Dm)yaedho su(E)gam (A)Kaanaadha (Faug)poovin jaadhi (F#m)Nanaindhadhae (A)dhegam paadhi (A)Thallaadum (Faug)kaadhal jothi (F#m)enna sae(Faug)dhi Idhu (A)thaanae mogam Papappaa… Oru poovin dhaagam Papappaa… (A)Kudaiyodu (G)nanaiyaadho (F)poongaava(C Bdim Am)nam Rajesh
Hi Suresh, 1st of all, thank you very much indeed for posting the chords for this beautiful song!! This is one of my all-time fav. Semma selection ponga!!! I played them but had a few doubts in Charanam. Hence, requested our IGT Guru - Roentgen to validate. Hi Rajesh, Thank you very much indeed for validating the chords on my personal request. Really appreciate your efforts. Love the Guitar in the Intro of the song. Just played your chords... Simply awesome!! Oru doubt.... In this line - (Am)Vandhu (Dm)aadai theendumae (Am)la la la... For - (Dm)aadai theendumae, Dm does not seem to fit for "theendumae". But when I played like this - (Am)Vandhu (Dm)aadai (Am)theendumae (Am)la la la..., it sounded better... Could you please check and let me know. Otherwise, brilliant chords. I thoroughly enjoyed the below lines.... In Pallavi: (Am)Saaral pattadhaal (Dm)poo vedikkumae (Am)Eera vandugal (Dm)thaen kudikkumae (G)Aa… aaa… (C Bdim Am)ho C to Bdim to Am - Wow!! Superfast transition here.... I had to slow it down to play it. Hopefully, with more practice, I will be able to play in the actual tempo eventually. In Charanam: (E)Mundhaanai vaasam (Dm)yaedho su(E)gam (A)Kaanaadha (Faug)poovin jaadhi (F#m)Nanaindhadhae (A)dhegam paadhi (A)Thallaadum (Faug)kaadhal jothi (F#m)enna sae(Faug)dhi Beautiful progression above!!! The last line is mind-blowing... (A)Kudaiyodu (G)nanaiyaadho (F)poongaava(C Bdim Am)nam Thank you very much for amazing set of chords Rajesh. Kind regards, Vijay
Some chords don't necessarily fit perfectly, although this is relatively uncommon in IR songs. In ARR and some of the other new music directors' songs, this tends to be fairly common though. In this case, Vandhu (Dm)aadai (Am)theendumae la la la - actually would fit better. In this charanam line, the last Faug doesn't fit but it serves as a good transition between the preceeding F#m and following A chords. (A)Thallaadum (Faug)kaadhal jothi (F#m)enna sae(Faug)dhi
Oho.. Okay Rajesh... Sooooooooooooper vital information. Thank you very much for the confirmation on the chord changes. Kind regards, Vijay