BEFORE BUTTERFLY WINGS by ben harper Send comments and corrections to wahooti_custaro@yahoo.com I dont understand why this song hasnt been tab already, in my opinion it is the most outstanding live song Something For Kate play anyhow key x is a block h is a hammer 4b5 means bend to the 5 4b5b4 means bend note up to 5th fret then back down to 4th The intro is basically one chord strummed and picked. Just play around with what to pick e--0---0--------0--0------------------------- b--0---0--------0----0----------------------- G--4---4---4-4--4---------------------------- D--5---5---5-5-------------------------------repeat 2 times A--2---2---2-2------------------------------- E--0---0---0-0------------------------------- Verse "living inside a barrel" e---x--x-x-x-x-------------------------x---x--x--- b---x--x-x-x-x-------------------------x---x--x--- G---4--4-4-4-4-------------------------9---9--9------ D---2--2-2-2-2--repeat this 3 times----9---9-10------ repeat 4 times A---2--2-2-2-2------------------------11--11--9------- E---4--4-4-3-0-------------------------------10------ "hey ooh" e--0---0--------0--0------------------------- b--0---0--------0----0----------------------- G--4---4---4-4--4---------------------------- D--5---5---5-5-------------------------------repeat 2 times A--2---2---2-2------------------------------- E--0---0---0-0------------------------------- "but now i wake up..." this is muted and the last bit is the same e-------------------------------------x----x---x---------------- b-------------------------------------x----x---x---------------- G-------------------------------------9----9---9---x--x--x------ D---6-6-6-6-5-6-----------------------9----9--10---x--x--x------ A---7-7-7-7-7-7--play 3 times then---11---11---9---x--x--x------ E---4-4-4-4-3-0-------------------------------10---------------- CHORUS "theres a line" (do the bend relatively slowly) e---0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------- b---4b5b4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------- G----------3h4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3------------- D---------------------------------------- repeat 8 times A---------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------- VERSE 2 "and staring into tea cups" e---x--x-x-x-x-------------------------x---x--x--- b---x--x-x-x-x-------------------------x---x--x--- G---4--4-4-4-4-------------------------9---9--9------ D---2--2-2-2-2--repeat this 3 times----9---9-10------ repeat 4 times A---2--2-2-2-2------------------------11--11--9------- E---4--4-4-3-0-------------------------------10------ "hey ooh" after playing this do 3 blocks and then go to the chorus e--0---0--------0--0------------------------- b--0---0--------0----0----------------------- G--4---4---4-4--4---------------------------- D--5---5---5-5-------------------------------repeat 2 times A--2---2---2-2------------------------------- E--0---0---0-0------------------------------- CHORUS "theres a line" (do the bend relatively slowly) e---0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------- b---4b5b4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------- G----------3h4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3------------- D---------------------------------------- repeat 8 times A---------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------- AFTER CHORUS I've only written the chord once but i've tried to place the lyric where Dempsey starts playing each chord before butterfly's wings bring down everyth- i - n - g everything everything everything e--0------0------2------2------3------2----------5------- b--5------5------4------5------3------4----------5------- G--4------4------4------2------x------4----------2------- D--2------2------4------4------5------4----------2------- A--2------2------2------4------5------2----------0------- E--0------4-------------2------3-----------------0------- then play e---0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------- b---4b5b4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------- G----------3h4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-------- D--------------------------------------------- repeat 2 times A--------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------- QUIET BIT play the following 4 times through e---------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------- G--6-6-6-6-6-4-4-6-6-4-6-4--------------- D--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------- A---------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------- G--9-9-9-9-9-11-11-9-9-11-9-11----------- D--9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9--9-9------------ A---------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------- D---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--- A--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12--- E---------------------------------------- (last time just keep playing the 9 11 without going to the 9 12) after the quiet bit he goes to this chord played lots e------------ b---4-------- G---8--------- D---6--------- A---4--------- E------------ at the end its just a heavy verse (sorry i didnt do the crazy sliding with the phaser) e----------------------- b----------------------- G----------------------- D----6--6-6-5-2----------play this 8 times A----6--6-6-5-2---------- E----4--4-4-3-0---------- Finish on this which should a gradual bend form 4 to 5 e--0----- b--4b5----- G------- D------- A------- E-------