te: 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 ([email protected])
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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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