Catching The Butterfly

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



tabbed by Jeremy Joseph (CheshirB*)

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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--
A|--------------------------------
E|---5----------------------------

G|--|                            
D|--|  repeated through the song 
A|--|                            
E|--|                            


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)-----------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|--|-------------------------------
B|--|-------------------------------
G|--|-------------------------------
D|--|---7---------------------------
A|--|-------------------------------
E|--|-------------------------------


And the main riff:

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|-11----------9--------12--------
A|-(0)=====-------------(0)====---
E|--9----------7--------10--------

E|--|-------------------------------
B|--|-------------------------------
G|--|-------------------------------
D|--|---9------11------7-----9---(7-
A|--|--(0)=====---------------------
E|--|---7-------9------5-----7---(5-

E|-----| 
B|-----| 
G|-----| 
D|--5)-| 
A|-----| 
E|--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----------------
B|---------X-----X----------------
G|---------6--X--6----------------
D|---------7--X--7---X-7---X-7--X-
A|---------7--X--7---X-7---X-7--X-
E|---------5--X--------5-----5--X-

E|-----|---X-----X------------------
B|-----|---X-----X------------------
G|-----|---4--X--4------------------
D|-7---|---5--X--5---X--5---X--5--X-
A|-7---|---5--X--5---X--5---X--5--X-
E|-5---|---3--X---------3------3----

E|-----| 
B|-----| 
G|-----| 
D|-5---| 
A|-5---| 
E|-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-)--

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Chorus lead fill 1:

  E|------------------------------
  B|------------------------------
  G|------------7------7-\-6------
  D|----7-/-9---9---9----------7--
  A|------------------------------
  E|------------------------------

 |----|-----------------------------
 |----|-----------------------------
 |----|-----------------------------
 |----|----------5h7----------------
 |----|---5-h-7---------------------
 |----|-----------------------------

Chorus lead fill 2:
     tremolo picking

  E|------------------------------
  B|------------------------------
  G|------------------------------
  D|----7h9h7h9h7------5h7h5h7h5--
  A|------------------------------
  E|------------------------------

 |--|-------------------------------
 |--|-------------------------------
 |--|-------------------------------
 |--|--4h5h4h5h4------2h4h2h4h2-----
 |--|----------------------------4--
 |--|-------------------------------


Chorus lead fill 3:

  E|-------------0----------------
  B|-----8---8--------10----------
  G|--X7--------------------------
  D|------------------------------
  A|------------------------------
  E|------------------------------

 |----|---------0--------0---------
 |----|----8--------10--------12---
 |----|----------------------------
 |----|----------------------------
 |----|----------------------------
 |----|----------------------------

 |0-------| 
 |---10---| 
 |--------| 
 |--------| 
 |--------| 
 |--------| 

Solo:
   very explosive

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|-7------9----10--9-----10----7--
A|-0====--------------------------
E|-5------7-----8--7------8----5--

E|--|------------------------------
B|--|------------------------------
G|--|------------------------------
D|--|--7------9----10--9-----10----
A|--|--7---------------------------
E|--|--5------7-----8--7------8----

E|------| 
B|------| 
G|------| 
D|7-----| 
A|------| 
E|5-----| 


  then this is repeated with some weird phasing effect:

E|----------------------------
B|----------------------------
G|--12b(14)---b14---b14--b14--
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

E|---------| 
B|---------| 
G|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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