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                        CHAMELEON BOY (ACOUSTIC)  - Blue October
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chords are correct, but the picking is arbitrary.  I simplified this for my own skill
G   - 320033 (you need that B string in there if you are finger-picking the song.)
 Am7- x02010
==INTRO==
e|----Am7-----------Am7------------G-------------------------|
B|--0--0h1---------0-0h1------------3-----3-----3-----|
G|---------0-------------0------------0-----0---------|
D|-----------2-------------0-----0------0-----0-------|
A|--0--0-------0---------------2----------------------|
E|---------------------------3------------------------|
==VERSE==
e|--Am7---------------Am7-------------G----------------------|
B|--------0h1-----------0h1------------3-----3-----3--|
G|------0-----0-------0-----0------------0-----0------|
D|----2---------2---2---------0-----0------0-----0----|
A|--0-------------0---------------2-------------------|
E|------------------------------3---------------------|
Play this riff throughout the whole verse, or you can just 
strum or arpeggiate these chords (use regular Am if strumming):
Am7I changed my color for you, I Am7shed my coat with caution
GI lack the beauty you displGay
Am7See here they are the bruises Am7and some were self-inflicted
GAnd some showed up along the Gway
Am7So I nod my head, I'm rAm7eady for the world to see
The sGecret i kept here inside the man you thought id be
Am7Slip into coma calm, the Am7coma where I calm myself down
GHere comes excuses why I let you down
==CHORUS==
CStand by for another breakdown, Gsound off the alarm
Is this the chamCeleon boy I swore I wouldn't becoGme?
Chameleon boAm7yG  
Chameleon boAm7yG  
==VERSE==
Am7So now we've come upon the Am7hardest thing I've ever done
GIts telling you that I'm a Gmess
Am7What sort of mess I mean is Am7self-destructive gasoline
GThe kind that strips you of your Gbest
Am7And while i play instead the wAm7ay that most would end up dead
GYou sleep alone at home and wGish that I was in our bed
Am7With this I'm telling you, Am7my color changes back to blue
GHow do i ask you this... will you help me through?
==CHORUS==
CStand by for another breakdown, Gsound off the alarm
Is this the chamCeleon boy I swore I wouldn't becoGme?
CStand by for another breakdown, Gsound off the alarm
Is this the chamCeleon boy I swore I wouldn't becoGme?
Chameleon boAm7yG  
Chameleon boAm7yG  
==VERSE/BRIDGE==
Am7I try to think of all the people i look up to
GOr growing up who would I be
Am7Now the fuckked up part, where did all my idols end up?
GThey all passed away, Passed away
==CHORUS==
CStand by for another breakdown, Gsound off the alarm
It's the chameleon Cboy I swore I wouldn't becomGe
Chameleon boAm7yG  
Chameleon boAm7yG  

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Chameleon Boy

by Blue October

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Am7

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CHAMELEON BOY (ACOUSTIC) - Blue October

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chords are correct, but the picking is arbitrary. I simplified this for my own skill

G - 320033 (you need that B string in there if you are finger-picking the song.)

Am7

- x02010

==INTRO==

Am7 Am7 G

e|----------------------------------------------------|

B|--0--0h1---------0-0h1------------3-----3-----3-----|

G|---------0-------------0------------0-----0---------|

D|-----------2-------------0-----0------0-----0-------|

A|--0--0-------0---------------2----------------------|

E|---------------------------3------------------------|

==VERSE==

Am7 Am7 G

e|----------------------------------------------------|

B|--------0h1-----------0h1------------3-----3-----3--|

G|------0-----0-------0-----0------------0-----0------|

D|----2---------2---2---------0-----0------0-----0----|

A|--0-------------0---------------2-------------------|

E|------------------------------3---------------------|

Play this riff throughout the whole verse, or you can just

strum or arpeggiate these chords (use regular Am if strumming):

Am7 Am7

I changed my color for you, I shed my coat with caution

G G

I lack the beauty you display

Am7 Am7

See here they are the bruises and some were self-inflicted

G G

And some showed up along the way

Am7 Am7

So I nod my head, I'm ready for the world to see

The secret i kept here inside the man you thought id be

Am7 Am7

Slip into coma calm, the coma where I calm myself down

Here comes excuses why I let you down

==CHORUS==

C G

Stand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm

C G

Is this the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become?

Am7 G

Chameleon boy

Am7 G

Chameleon boy

==VERSE==

Am7 Am7

So now we've come upon the hardest thing I've ever done

G G

Its telling you that I'm a mess

Am7 Am7

What sort of mess I mean is self-destructive gasoline

G G

The kind that strips you of your best

Am7 Am7

And while i play instead the way that most would end up dead

G G

You sleep alone at home and wish that I was in our bed

Am7 Am7

With this I'm telling you, my color changes back to blue

How do i ask you this... will you help me through?

==CHORUS==

C G

Stand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm

C G

Is this the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become?

C G

Stand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm

C G

Is this the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become?

Am7 G

Chameleon boy

Am7 G

Chameleon boy

==VERSE/BRIDGE==

Am7

I try to think of all the people i look up to

Or growing up who would I be

Am7

Now the fuckked up part, where did all my idols end up?

They all passed away, Passed away

==CHORUS==

C G

Stand by for another breakdown, sound off the alarm

C G

It's the chameleon boy I swore I wouldn't become

Am7 G

Chameleon boy

Am7 G

Chameleon boy

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