Basket Case Chords

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This version is much easier to play on an acoustic guitar and it maintains the original key of the song. The other versions are difficult to play unless you are using all power chords, in which case you would be looking up the Tab, not the Chords.

Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	1st fret

Author KPhoenix [a] 113.

4 contributors total, last edit on Oct 7, 2022

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Chords

F#m

Dsus

G/B

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Standard Tuning - Capo 1st Fret
(Barre chords for Bm and F#m)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D               A
Do you have the time
   Bm           F#m
To listen to me whine
 G                D               A
About nothing and everything all at once
D           A
I am one of those
   Bm        F#m
Melodramatic fools
    G           D               A
Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
G              A            D
   Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G               A                  D
   Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
   G                A
It all keeps adding up
  D         C        Bm
I think I'm cracking up
      G          A
Or am I just paranoid?
          D
Am I just stoned?
 
 
[Post-Chorus 1]
 
(First D chord starts as last D chord of Chorus 1)
 
D A Bm A (x2)
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
  D         A
I went to a shrink
   Bm         F#m
To analyze my dreams
    G                 D                    A
She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
  D         A
I went to a whore
   Bm               F#m
He said my life's a bore
   G           D               A
So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
G              A            D
   Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G               A                  D
   Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
   G                A
It all keeps adding up
  D         C        Bm
I think I'm cracking up
      G          A
Or am I just paranoid?
               D
Uh, yuh, yuh, ya
 
 
[Post-Chorus 2]
 
(First D chord starts as last D chord of Chorus 2)
 
D A Bm A (x4)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
G              A
Grasping to control
               D
So I better hold on
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
(First D chord starts as last D chord of Bridge)
 
D A Bm F#m G D A (x2)
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
G              A            D
   Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G               A                  D
   Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
   G                A
It all keeps adding up
  D         C        Bm
I think I'm cracking up
      G          A
Or am I just paranoid?
          D
Am I just stoned?
 
 
[Outro]
 
(First D chord starts as last D chord of Chorus 3)
 
D Dsus Bm G/B G D A (x4)
G D A
X

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Basket Case – Green Day

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6 comments

Shouldn't the instrumental part at the end of the bridge end with D A. You have D A Bm F#m G A D when I think it should be D A Bm F#m G D A. Otherwise very good!

Good Job My Friend! Fits Perfect!

Amazing job bro!