The Chameleons - Paper Tiger Chords & Tabs

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From: "Bugsan" <>
official website: http://www.thechameleons.com/
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Song structure:
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intro/chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus,
bridge1, bridge2,
chorus, verse,
bridge1, end

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| ============== INTRO ============== |
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Reg plays this disto+palm muted, and tremolo picking

E||--------------------|---------------------|
B||--------------------|---------------------|
G||*-------------------|---------------------| /----\
D||*-------------------|---------------------| | x4 |
A||--------------------|---------------------| \----/
E||---7----------------|--5--------2----5----|

then comes Dave, reg continues to play his thing.

dave's guitar, with delai/chorus effect

E||---------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||--------12--10-------------|--------------------------------|
G||----------------11~--------|--------------------------------| /----\
D||--9--9---------------------|--11--11--11--12----12--11------| | x3 |
A||---------------------------|----------------------------12--| \----/
E||---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  
E||---------------------------|--9--9--9--10----9--------|
B||--------12--10-------------|--------------------10----|
G||----------------11~--------|--------------------------| /----\
D||--9--9---------------------|--------------------------| | x1 |
A||---------------------------|--------------------------| \----/
E||---------------------------|--------------------------|

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| ============== VERSE ============== |
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Dave's guitar, tremolo picking, chorus...

E||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E||--10----------------|--9--------7--------|--10----------------|--9--------12--------|
               
E||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
D||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
E||--10----------------|--9--------7--------|--10----------------|--12--------14--------|
    
Reg's guitar, disto

E||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|
G||--------------------------| /----\
D||--x--x--9--9--x--x--9--9--| | x8 |
A||--x--x--9--9--x--x--9--9--| \----/
E||--x--x--7--7--x--x--7--7--|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_chameleons/paper_tiger_tab.html ]
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| ============== CHORUS ============= |
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dave's guitar, with delai/chorus effect

E||---------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||--------12--10-------------|--------------------------------|
G||----------------11~--------|--------------------------------| /----\
D||--9--9---------------------|--11--11--11--12----12--11------| | x3 |
A||---------------------------|----------------------------12--| \----/
E||---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  
E||---------------------------|--9--9--9--10----9--------|
B||--------12--10-------------|--------------------10----|
G||----------------11~--------|--------------------------| /----\
D||--9--9---------------------|--------------------------| | x1 |
A||---------------------------|--------------------------| \----/
E||---------------------------|--------------------------|

Reg's guitar

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------------|--------------------7--7--|
A||--------------------------|--7--7--7--9--9--9--------|
E||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--------------------------|

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5--2--2--2--5--5--|

x2 times

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| ============= BRIDGE 1 ============ |
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Reg plays like intro

E||--------------------|---------------------|
B||--------------------|---------------------|
G||*-------------------|---------------------| /----\
D||*-------------------|---------------------| | x4 |
A||--------------------|---------------------| \----/
E||---7----------------|--5--------2----5----|

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| ============= BRIDGE 2 ============ |
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Reg's guitar, palm muted

E||--7-----7-----7-----7-----|
B||-----7-----7-----7-----7--|
G||--------------------------| /----\
D||--------------------------| |x14 |
A||--------------------------| \----/
E||--------------------------|

Dave's guitar, chorus etc...

     Bm                  E5       F#m       
     ^                   ^        ^         
E||-------------------|--0-----------------|
B||--3----------------|--0--------2--------|
G||--4----------------|--4--------2--------| /----\
D||--4----------------|--2--------4--------| | x3 |
A||--2----------------|-----------4--------| \----/
E||-------------------|--------------------|

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| =============== END =============== |
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Dave is still playing his thing
Reg's guitar:

                         |----3----|                          
E||-------------------|--------------------------|
B||-------------------|--------------------------|
G||-------------------|--------------------------| /----\
D||-------------------|--------------------------| | x6 |
A||--2----------------|--5----4----2----0--------| \----/
E||-------------------|--------------------------|