Chameleon

"Chameleon" is a 1973 jazz-funk piece by Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, the opening track of Head Hunters. This page has the Chameleon chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Chameleon"

It is credited to Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason and Bennie Maupin, the band that recorded it. Its bass line, played on a synthesizer, and the album it opened made Head Hunters the best-selling jazz album of its time.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Herbie Hancock — Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973).