Green Day- Basket Case from their album Dookie

------[Verse 1] E5 H5 C#5 G#5 Do you have the time to listen to me whine A5 E5 H5 H5 About nothing and everything all at once E5 H5 C#5 G#5 I am one of those melodramatic fools A5 E5 H5 H5 Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it

[Chorus] A5 H5 E5 E5 Sometimes I give myself the creeps A5 H5 E5 E5 Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me A5 H5 E5 / D5 C#5 It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up <== Bass A5 H5 Am I just paranoid? am I just stoned

Z: (E5/H5 C#5/H5) (2x)

[Verse 2] E5 H5 C#5 G#5 I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams A5 E5 H5 H5 She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down E5 H5 C#5 G#5 I went to a whore He said my life's a bore A5 E5 H5 H5 so quit my whining cause it's bringing her down

[Chorus] Ee Ya ya ya.

Z: (E5/H5 C#5/H5) (4x)

A5 A5 H5 H5 Grasping to control, so you better hold__ on__

[Verse 3, Solo] E5 H5 C#5 G#5 | A5 E5 H5 H5 | x2

[Chorus]

[Outro] E5 C#5 A5/E5 H5 | x4 A5/E5 H5

Green Day- Basket Case from their album Dookie Transcribed by wEiRdDehi (IaGcT) Visit my website at http://www.iagct.tk for more tabs, chords, and more!!! This is transcribed to be easier to play, so it may not be in the right key. CHORDS USED:

G (320033) or (355433) D (xx0323) Em (022000) Bm (x24432) C (x32010) F (133211) E (022100)

------[Verse 1] ======

G D Em Bm Do you have the time to listen to me whine C G D About nothing and everything all at once G D I am one of those Em Bm Melodramatic fools C G Neurotic to the bone D No doubt about it ------

------[Chorus] ======C D G Sometimes I give myself the creeps C D G Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me C D It all keeps adding up G F Em I think I'm cracking up C D Am I just paranoid? (No chords) I'm just stoned G D C D (No lyrics) G D C D (No lyrics) ------

------[Verse 2] ======G D I went to a shrink Em Bm To analyze my dreams C G D She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me__ down G D I went to a whore Em Bm He said my life's a bore C G D And quit my whining cause it's bringing her__ down ------

------[Chorus] ======C D G Sometimes I give myself the creeps C D G Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me C D It all keeps adding up G F E(m) I think I'm cracking up C D Am I just paranoid? (No chords) Ee Ya ya ya. ------

------[Bridge] ======G D C D (No lyrics) G D C D (No lyrics) Woah, woah! G D C D (No lyrics) G D C D (No lyrics) C D Grasping to control

G D So you better hold__ on__

Em Bm C G D (No lyrics) G D Em Bm C G D (No lyrics) ------

------[Chorus] ======C D G Sometimes I give myself the creeps C D G Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me C D It all keeps adding up G F Em I think I'm cracking up C D Am I just paranoid? (No chords) Am I just stoned? ------

------[Outro] - No lyrics =====

Bm C Bm C C G D

(Above X4 and then below)

C G D ------

Artist: Green Day; Song: Basket Case; Album: Dookie (1994)

Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb (1 semitone lower)

[Intro]: (Guitar only)

[Chorus 1]

G|------9h11p9~-| D|------| A|-7----5--4---4-4-4------7~------| E|------0-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7-0------|

[Verse] x2

G|------| D|------4h6------| A|------2--2-2--2-2-2-0-4--4--4------| E|-0--0--0-0------4--4-4--4-4-4-0-5--|

G|------| D|------| A|------7--7-7--7-7-7h9------| E|-5--5-5------7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|

[Main chorus]

x3 1st & 2nd time only G|------|------| D|------|------| A|------|-7--7--0h7-0h7--7-7--| E|-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7-0-|------|

1st time end 2nd time end 3rd time end (on "i think im cracking up") G|------| |------| |------| D|-7p6-6-9--| |-6h7p6-| |------| A|------| |------| |--7----5--4---4-4-4-| E|------| |------| |------|

G|------| D|------| A|------| E|-0-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7---|

[Pre-verse] x4

G|------| D|------| A|-7h9p7------| E|------7-7--9-9--7-7-|

[Bridge] ("Grasping to Control....")

G|------|------| D|------|------| A|------|---7h9---| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0------|

[Verse]

G|------| D|------4h6------| A|------2--2-2--2-2-2-0-4--4--4------| E|-0--0--0-0------4--4-4--4-4-4-0-5--|

G|------| D|------| A|------7--7-7--7-7-7h9------| E|-5--5-5------7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|

[Main chorus]

x3 1st & 2nd time only G|------|------| D|------|------| A|------|-7--7--0h7-0h7--7-7--| E|-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7-0-|------|

1st time end 2nd time end 3rd time end (on "i think im cracking up") G|------| |------| |------| D|-7p6-6-9--| |-6h7p6-| |------| A|------| |------| |--7----5--4---4-4-4-| E|------| |------| |------|

G|------| D|------| A|------| E|-0-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7---|

[Outro] x3

G|------| D|------| A|-7--7--7-0h2--4--4--4------7-7-7------| E|------2h4-5------7--7--7-7-7-7-|

Last Time Only G|------| D|------| A|------2~------| E|--5---0------|

I've worked on this for a long time, and it works well for my band, i hope it works for yours. [email protected]

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