Green Day - Basket Case

artist : green day
song : basket case
album : dookie
tabbed by : ketan ( ketan . gupta50@yahoo . co . in )

tuning : half – step down

chords used
E5 B5 C#5 G#5 A5 D5
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – 9 – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – 7 – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

[ verse ]
E5 B5
do you have the time
C#5 G#5
to listen to me whine
A5 E5
about nothing and everything
B5
all at once
E5 B5
i Am one of those
C#5 G#5
melodramatic fools
A5 E5
neurotic to the bone
A5
no doubt about it

[ chorus ]
A5 B5 E5
sometimes i give myself the creeps
A5 B5 E5
sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
A5 B5
it all keeps adding up
E5 D5 C#5
i think i’m cracking up
A5 B5
Am i just paranoid?
E5 B5 C#5 B5 x2
Am i just stoned?

[ verse ]
E5 B5
i went to a shrink
C#5 G#5
to analyze my dreams
A5 E5
she says it’s lack of se
x B5
that’s bringing me down
E5 B5
i went to a whore
C#5 G#5
she said my life’s a bore
A5 E5
so quit my whining cause
B5
it’s bringing her down

[ chorus ]
A5 B5 E5
sometimes i give myself the creeps
A5 B5 E5
sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
A5 B5
it all keeps adding up
E5 D5 C#5
i think i’m cracking up
A5 B5
Am i just paranoid?
E5 B5 C#5 B5 x4
uh , yuh , yuh , ya

A5 B5
grasping to control
so i better hold on

E5 B5 C#5 G#5 A5 E5 B5 x2

[ chorus ]
A5 B5 E5
sometimes i give myself the creeps
A5 B5 E5
sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
A5 B5
it all keeps adding up
E5 D5 C#5
i think i’m cracking up
A5 B5
Am i just paranoid?
G#5 A5 G#5 A5 A5 E5 B5
Am i just stoned?

[ outro ]
G#5 A5 G#5 A5 A5 E5 B5 x3

A5 E5 B5