Elusive Butterfly
Bob Lind,   Cher,  Val Doonican,  Aretha Franklin, Bang Bang
Petula Clark, Susan Jacks, Mystic Moods Orch, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton

Midi 1(C96)   Midi 2(C111)   Midi 3(C125)
Midi 4(C146)   Midi 5(C146)-Flute
Midi 6(C146)*-harp
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 3-08
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Lead in:  5 measures...

 R 6     6   -6     6   5     5  -4--->-5  6
| You might wake | up some | mornin' | to the |
    5   -4  -4   5     -5  -6   6   -5     -5 5   5  -4     5----> 6   6    -5
| sound of something | moving past your | window in the | wind. | And if you're |
    5   -4 -4   5    -5     -5     -5  5     5  -4     -4    5    -5  -6    6 -5     -5 5---->---->
| quick enough to | rise, you'll catch a | fleeting glimpse of | someone's fading | shadow. |   |   |

 R 6   6  -6    6   5    5 -4---> -5  6     5   -4   -4  5    -5 -6  6 -5    -5  5    5  -4     5
| Out on the | new hor | izon, | you may | see the floating | motion of a | distant pair of | wings, |
   6   6  -5     5    -4  -4    5     -5   -5   -5    5      5   -4   -4  5       -5   -6 6 -5
| and if the | sleep has left your | ears you might hear | footsteps running | through an open |
   -5 5---->------>
| meadow. |    |      |

 R  5   -5  6     5  -4---> 5  -5   -5    -5   5---->  5  5 -5    5 -4 -4 5     -5   -6   6   -5
| Don't be con | cerned, | it will not | harm you, | it's only | me pursuing | somethin' I'm not |
   -5   5--->4  4    5      -4--->  5   -5  -5    -5 5---> 5   5    -5      5  -4 -4 5
| sure of. | Across my | dreams | with nets of | wonder, | I chase the | bright elusive |
   -5 -5 5  -4     4---->
| butterfly of | love. |     |

 R 6     6   -6      6    5     5   -4---<-5 6    5  -4 -4  5     -5  -6     6     -5
| You might have | heard my | footsteps | echo | softly in the | distance through the |
   -5  5   5  -4      5---->6   6    -5    5 -4   -4     5     -5  -5 -5 5      5   -4  -4 5
| canyons of your | mind. | I might have | even called your | name as I ran | searchin' after |
   -5   -6   6 -5     -5   5----->----->
| something to be | lieve in. |     |     |

 R 6    6    -6      6   5    5  -4---->   -5    6      5 -4 -4  5     -5-6   6  -5
| You might have | seen me | runnin', | through the | long-abandoned | ruins of the |
    -5    5    5  -4     5----> 6  6  -5    5  -4  -4   5       -5   -5  -5  5
| dreams you left be | hind. | If you re | member something | there that glided |
    5   -4  -4  5       -5  -6  6 -5    -5   5----->------->
| past you followed | close by heavy | breathin'. |     |     |

 R  5   -5  6      5 -4---> 5  -5   -5    -5   5--->  5  5 -5    5  -4 -4 5    -5   -6   6   -5
| Don't be con | cerned, | it will not | harm you | it's only | me pursuing | somethin' I'm not |
   -5   5--->4   4   5     -4---->  5   -5  -5    -5 5---->5   5    -5      5  -4 -4 5
| sure of. | Across my | dreams | with nets of | wonder. | I chase the | bright elusive |
   -5 -5 5  -4     4----->    R5   5    -5     5    -4 -4 5   -5 -5  5  -4     4
| butterfly of | love. |     | I chase the | bright elusive | butterfly of | love. |

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