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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