Green Day – Basket Case
Capo 3rd 168 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Dookie 1994]
Verse 1
C G Am Em
Do you have the time to listen to me whine…
F C G G
about nothing and everything all at-ttt once…
C G Am Em
I am one of those melodramatic fools…
F C G G
neurotic to the bone no doubt about it…
Chorus
F G C C
Sometimes I give myself the-eee creeps…
F G C C
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me…
F G C. A#. Am
It all keeps adding up… I think I'm cracking up…
F G
Am I just paranoid…
Interlude 1
C. G. Am. G. C. G. Am. G.
I'm just stoned…
Verse 2
C G Am Em
I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams…
F C G G
she says it's lack of sex that's bringing me-eee down…
C G Am Em
I went to a whore… he said my life's a bore…
F C G G
and quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her-rrr down…
Chorus
F G C C
Sometimes I give myself the-eee creeps…
F G C C
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me…
F G C. A#. Am
It all keeps adding up… I think I'm cracking up…
F G
Am I just paranoid…
Interlude 2
C. G. Am. G. C. G. Am. G.
I'm just stoned…
C. G. Am. G. C. G. Am. G.
Bridge
F F G ^ G
Grasping to control…
C G Am Em F C G G
So I better hold-ddd on…
C G Am Em F C G G
Chorus
F G C C
Sometimes I give myself the-eee creeps…
F G C C
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me…
F G C. A#. Am
It all keeps adding up… I think I'm cracking up…
F G
Am I just paranoid…
Outro
C Am F. C. G C Am F. C. G
I'm just stoned…
C Am F. C. G C Am * F. * C. G * F. * C. * G
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