--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMELEON BOY (ACOUSTIC) - Blue October http://youtu.be/8f6Ao0REouA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER - this is NOT the exact way Justin Furstenfeld plays this song! The basic chords are correct, but the picking is arbitrary. I simplified this for my own skill level. Watch the video above to see how Justin plays it himself. 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 G 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 G 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 G 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 G Or growing up who would I be Am7 Now the fuckked up part, where did all my idols end up? G 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