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