Tablature catching the butterfly - The Verve

          



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  Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:50:27 EDT

  From: CheshirBat <CheshirBat@aol.com>

  Subject: v/verve/catching_the_butterfly.tab

  

  The Verve -

  Catching The Butterfly

  

  "Catching The Butterfly" from the album _Urban Hymns_ by The Verve

  Written by The Verve

  Produced by Potter/The Verve

  

  tabbed by Jeremy Joseph (CheshirBat@aol.com)

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  The opening bass line kicks in:

  

  Gwith an organ that sounds like it's breathing

  G|----------------------------------|

  D|------5h7---5h7---5--7---5---7----|  repeated through the song

  A|----------------------------------|

  E|---5------------------------------|

  

  

  The lead guitar uses some kind of sustaining effect that

  sounds almost like an E-bow.  I'm not sure what he actually

  uses, but you can get a similar effect by using a wah pedal.

  Start with the pedal all the way back and slowly press down

  a little bit.

  

  The subtle decending lead guitar at the beginning:

  E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  B|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  G|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  D|---11------------(7)-------------|---7--------------------------------|

  A|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  

  And the main riff:

  E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  B|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  G|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  D|-11----------9--------12----------|---9------11------7-----9---(7---5)-|

  A|-(0)=====-------------(0)====-----|--(0)=====--------------------------|

  E|--9----------7--------10----------|---7-------9------5-----7---(5---3)-|

   (It sounds good if you let the A string drone)

  

  A guitar pretty much mimics the vocal melody during the verses.

  Another guitar improvises on muted A barre chords.

  

  And the chorus goes something like:

  

     A

  I'm gonna keep             catching the butterfly              in that

  E|---------X-----X---------------------|---X-----X-----------------------|

  B|---------X-----X---------------------|---X-----X-----------------------|

  G|---------6--X--6---------------------|---4--X--4-----------------------|

  D|---------7--X--7---X-7---X-7--X--7---|---5--X--5---X--5---X--5--X--5---|

  A|---------7--X--7---X-7---X-7--X--7---|---5--X--5---X--5---X--5--X--5---|

  E|---------5--X--------5-----5--X--5---|---3--X---------3------3-----3---|

  

    dream of mine..

  E|----------------------------------|

  B|----------------------------------|

  G|----------------------------------|

  D|--4---X--4---X--4--X--4(--2-)----|

  A|--5---X--5---X--5--X--5-----------|

  E|--2---X--2---X--2--X--2(--0-)----|

  

  

  Chorus lead fill 1:

    E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

    B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

    G|------------7------7--6----------|--------------------------------|

    D|----7-/-9---9---9----------7------|----------5h7-------------------|

    A|----------------------------------|---5-h-7------------------------|

    E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  

  Chorus lead fill 2:

       tremolo picking

    E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    B|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    G|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    D|----7h9h7h9h7------5h7h5h7h5----|--4h5h4h5h4------2h4h2h4h2--------|

    A|--------------------------------|----------------------------4-----|

    E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  

  Chorus lead fill 3:

    E|-------------0--------------------|---------0--------0---------0-------|

    B|-----8---8--------10--------------|----8--------10--------12------10---|

    G|--X7------------------------------|------------------------------------|

    D|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

    A|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

    E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  

  

  

  Solo:

     very explosive

  E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  B|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  G|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  D|-7------9----10--9-----10----7----|--7------9----10--9-----10----7-----|

  A|-0====----------------------------|--7---------------------------------|

  E|-5------7-----8--7------8----5----|--5------7-----8--7------8----5-----|

  

    then this is repeated with some weird phasing effect:

  E|-------------------------------------|

  B|-------------------------------------|

  G|--12b(14)---b14---b14--b14--14(12)---|

  D|-------------------------------------|

  A|-------------------------------------|

  E|-------------------------------------|

  

  

  

  And now let's put everything together to make sense

  

  Verse 1:

  So you were born and so you saw

  The beauty's eyes to keep and hold

  Oh child within has healing ways

  It sees me through my darkest days

  

  Chours:

  I'm gonna keep catching the butterfly

  in that dream of mine.

  I'm gonna keep catching the butterfly

  in that dream of mine.

  

  In my lucid dreams

  In my lucid dreams

  

  Verse 2:

  Something known through life no fun

  I wanna feel, I wanna run

  

  Chorus:

  I'm gonna keep catching the butterfly

  in that dream of mine.        * (with fill 1)

  (x2)

  

  In my lucid dreams

  In my lucid dreams

  

  (Solo)

  

  Chours:

  I'm gonna keep catching the butterfly

  in that dream of mine.

  Keep catching the butterfly

  in that dream of mine.        * (with fill 2)

  I'm gonna keep catching the butterfly

  in that dream of mine.        * (with fill 3)

  

  Outro:

  My darkest dreams

  My darkest dreams

  My lucid dreams

  My forgotten schemes

  My lucid dreams

  My forgotten schemes

  I see through you,

  You see through me...

  Belive in me..

  To be in the light...

  

  

  That's pretty much it.  I didn't tab every little note because

  all of the lead guitar sounds very improvised and that's what

  makes the song so awesome.  But, you get the picture.  Enjoy...

  

  -Jeremy

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