Green Day — Basket Case (ver 5) Chords
Green Day — Basket Case from the Album Dookie 1994
Right, so I'm not boasting but I have looked plenty of places for the correct way
to play this song an' so far I haven't found single accurate tab.
So I'm give you the correct way... Part from the outro I'm not 100% sure about
that but erm it sounds good enough to me :) So this tab is pretty much 99% right.
There are always two places that you can play power chords on the neck and its
proven in this song but this is the exact way Billie Joe plays it :) TUNING HALF—STEP DOWN
Chords used [In Order of "appearance"]:
E(2) B5(2) C#5 G#5 A5(2)
|G:—9| |D:—9| |G:—6| |D:—6| |D:—7|
|D:—9| |A:—9| |D:—6| |A:—6| |A:—7|
|A:—7| |E:—7| |A:—4| |E:—4| |E:—5|
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A B5 E(3) D#5 E
|B:—2| |G:—4| |B:—4| |G:—8| |e:—0|
|G:—2| |D:—4| |G:—4| |D:—8| |B:—0|
|D:—2| |A:—2| |A:—2| |A:—6| |G:—1|
|A:—0| |D:—2|
|A:—2|
|E:—0|
E(4)[An open E chord but on 7th fret]
|e:—0| That's all the chords :)
|B:—0|
|G:—6|
|D:—7|
|A:—7|
|E:—0|
THERE IS ALSO ONE OCTAVE IN THE BRIDGE TIS THIS: |G:—6|
|D:—4|X
|A:—4|
INTRO: (Palm mute)
E(2) B5(2)
Do you have the time
C#5 G#5
To listen to me whine
A5(2) E(2) B5(2)
About nothing and everything all at once
E(2) B5 (2)
I am one of those
C#5 G#5
melodramatic fools
A5(2) E(2) B5(2)
Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it...
[PRE—CHORUS PM TO "I THINK I'M CRACKING UP"]
A B5 E(3)
Sometimes I give myself the creeps....
A B5 E(3)
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me....
A B5
It all keeps adding up....
E(2) D#5 C#5
I THINK I'M CRACKING UP!
A5(2) B5(2)
Am I just paranoid
B5(2) E(2) B5 C#5 B5 x2
Or am I just stoned?
Verse:
E B5
I went to a shrink
C#5 G#5
To analyse my dreams
A E(3) B5
She says its lack of sex that's bringing me down
E B5
I went to whore
C#5 G#5
He said my life's a bore
A E(3) B5
So quit my whining cos its bringing her down
A5 B5(2) E(2)
Sometimes I give myself the creeps....
A5 B5(2) E(2)
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me....
A5 B5(2)
It all keeps adding up....
E(2) D#5 C#5
I THINK I'M CRACKING UP!
A5(2) B5(2)
Am I just paranoid
B5(2) E(2) B5 C#5 B5 x4
A YEAH HUH HUH Go Go!
pm.........
A B5
Grasping to control
[BRIDGE] (HIT THE CHORDS QUITE HARD)
E B5 C#5 G#5 A E(3) B5
So I better hold ooooon
E B5 octave G#5 A E(3) B5...........
|G:—6|
|D:—4|X
|A:—4|
PRE—CHORUS PM TO "I THINK I'M CRACKING UP"]
A B5 E(3)
Sometimes I give myself the creeps....
A B5 E(3)
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me....
A B5
It all keeps adding up....
E(2) D#5 C#5
I THINK I'M CRACKING UP!
A5(2) B5(2)
Am I just paranoid
[OUTRO]
B5(2) E(4) G#5 E(4) A5(2) E(2) B5(2) x3
Or am I just stooooooooooooooooned
(Then finish on) /slide finger down E6th string then A E(3)B5