Catching The Butterfly tab by The Verve

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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+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|------5h7---5h7---5--7---5---7----| repeated through the song
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|---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 MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---11----\--------(7)-------------|---7--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

And the main riff:
E MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-11----------9--------12----------|---9------11------7-----9---(7---5)-|
A augmentedA|-(0)=====-------------(0)====-----|--(0)=====--------------------------|
E MajorE|--9----------7--------10----------|---7-------9------5-----7---(5---3)-|
 (It sounds good if you let the A augmentedA string drone)

A augmentedA guitar pretty much mimics the vocal melody during the verses.
Another guitar improvises on muted A augmentedA barre chords.

And the chorus goes something like:

  A augmentedA
I'm gonna keep       catching ...
E MajorE|---------X-----X---------------------|---X-----X-----------------------|
BB|---------X-----X---------------------|---X-----X-----------------------|
G+G|---------6--X--6---------------------|---4--X--4-----------------------|
D MajorD|---------7--X--7---X-7---X-7--X--7---|---5--X--5---X--5---X--5--X--5---|
A augmentedA|---------7--X--7---X-7---X-7--X--7---|---5--X--5---X--5---X--5--X--5---|
E MajorE|---------5--X--------5-----5--X--5---|---3--X---------3------3-----3---|

 dream of mine..
E MajorE|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|--4---X--4---X--4--X--4(-\-2-)----|
A augmentedA|--5---X--5---X--5--X--5-----------|
E MajorE|--2---X--2---X--2--X--2(-\-0-)----|

Chorus lead fill 1:
 E MajorE|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 BB|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 G+G|------------7------7-\-6----------|--------------------------------|
 D MajorD|----7-/-9---9---9----------7------|----------5h7-------------------|
 A augmentedA|----------------------------------|---5-h-7------------------------|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Chorus lead fill 2:
   tremolo picking
 E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 G+G|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 D MajorD|----7h9h7h9h7------5h7h5h7h5----|--4h5h4h5h4------2h4h2h4h2--------|
 A augmentedA|--------------------------------|----------------------------4-----|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus lead fill 3:
 E MajorE|-------------0--------------------|---------0--------0---------0-------|
 BB|-----8---8--------10--------------|----8--------10--------12------10---|
 G+G|--X7------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 D MajorD|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 A augmentedA|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


Solo:
  very exp...
E MajorE|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7------9----10--9-----10----7----|--7------9----10--9-----10----7-----|
A augmentedA|-0====----------------------------|--7---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-5------7-----8--7------8----5----|--5------7-----8--7------8----5-----|

 then this is repeated with some weird phasing effect:
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|--12b(14)---b14---b14--b14--14(12)---|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|


And now let's put everything together to make sense


Chorus:
I'm gonna keep catching ....
in that dream ...* (with fill 1)
(x2)


(Solo)

Chours:
I'm gonna keep ...
in that dream of ...* (with fill 2)
I'm gonna keep ....
in that dream ...* (with fill 3)

Outro:
My darkest d...


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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