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

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 For Diatonic harmonica

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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