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                        CHAMELEON BOY (ACOUSTIC)  - Blue October
                             http://youtu.be/8f6Ao0REouA
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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