The Verve – Catching The Butterfly (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:50:27 EDT From: CheshirBat <[email protected]> Subject: v/verve/catching_the_butterfly.tab "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]) -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- [email protected] -=- -=- http://members.aol.com/CheshirBat -------------------------------------------------------------------