{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1506610,"song":"Chameleon Boy","artist":"Blue October","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11277738-chameleon-boy-chords-by-blue-october/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1506610?type=chord","rating":4.88314,"votes":27,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                        CHAMELEON BOY (ACOUSTIC)  - Blue October\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nchords are correct, but the picking is arbitrary.  I simplified this for my own skill\r\n\r\n\r\nG   - 320033 (you need that B string in there if you are finger-picking the song.)\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch] - x02010\r\n\r\n\r\n==INTRO==\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--0--0h1---------0-0h1------------3-----3-----3-----|\r\nG|---------0-------------0------------0-----0---------|\r\nD|-----------2-------------0-----0------0-----0-------|\r\nA|--0--0-------0---------------2----------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------3------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n==VERSE==\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------0h1-----------0h1------------3-----3-----3--|\r\nG|------0-----0-------0-----0------------0-----0------|\r\nD|----2---------2---2---------0-----0------0-----0----|\r\nA|--0-------------0---------------2-------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nPlay this riff throughout the whole verse, or you can just \r\nstrum or arpeggiate these chords (use regular Am if strumming):\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI changed my color for you, I shed my coat with caution[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI lack the beauty you display[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nSee here they are the bruises and some were self-inflicted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some showed up along the way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                    [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nSo I nod my head, I'm ready for the world to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe secret i kept here inside the man you thought id be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nSlip into coma calm, the coma where I calm myself down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere comes excuses why I let you down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n==CHORUS==\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs this the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChameleon boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChameleon boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n==VERSE==\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]Am7[/ch]  \r\nSo now we've come upon the hardest thing I've ever done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIts telling you that I'm a mess[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                         [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWhat sort of mess I mean is self-destructive gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind that strips you of your best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]        \r\nAnd while i play instead the way that most would end up dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou sleep alone at home and wish that I was in our bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWith this I'm telling you, my color changes back to blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow do i ask you this... will you help me through?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n==CHORUS==\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs this the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs this the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChameleon boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChameleon boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n==VERSE/BRIDGE==\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI try to think of all the people i look up to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr growing up who would I be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNow the fuckked up part, where did all my idols end up?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey all passed away, Passed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n==CHORUS==\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChameleon boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChameleon boy[/tab]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                        CHAMELEON BOY (ACOUSTIC)  - Blue October\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nchords are correct, but the picking is arbitrary.  I simplified this for my own skill\n\n\nG   - 320033 (you need that B string in there if you are finger-picking the song.)\nAm7 - x02010\n\n\n==INTRO==\n\n\n\n\n==VERSE==\n\n\n\nPlay this riff throughout the whole verse, or you can just \nstrum or arpeggiate these chords (use regular Am if strumming):\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n==CHORUS==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n==VERSE==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n==CHORUS==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n==VERSE/BRIDGE==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n==CHORUS==","chords":["G","B","Am7","D","A","E","Am","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}