Chameleon
by Herbie Hancock
🎧 Funk
Difficulty
★★★★☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Herbie Hancock's jazz-funk epic from Head Hunters (1973). The iconic Bb minor bass riff adapted for guitar uses syncopated 16th notes over a deep, hypnotic groove.
Bass riff (guitar adaptation)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|---1---1-3---4-3-1---1---1-3---1---3---4---3---1-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Bbm7 chord comping
e|---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---------|
B|---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---------|
G|---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---------|
D|---x-8---x---x-8---x-8---x---x-8---x-8---------|
A|---x-8---x---x-8---x-8---x---x-8---x-8---------|
E|---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---x---x-6---x-6---------|