Basket Case Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | Eb |
Capo: | 1st fret |
Author moosebrain321 [a] 81. 6 contributors total, last edit on Jul 6, 2023
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If you just want to play this on an acoustic with open chords, here they are.
Capo 1st fret, standard tuning
D* 10 12 12 11 10 10
A* 5 7 7 6 5 5
Bm* 7 9 9 7 7 7
Chords relative to capo
[Verse 1]
D A
Do you have the time
Bm F#m
To listen to me whine
G D
About nothing and everything
A
All at once
D A
I am one of those
Bm F#m
Melodramatic fools
G D
Neurotic to the bone
A
No doubt about it
[Chorus]
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
Am I just paranoid?
(D*)
Am I just stoned?
[Riff]
D* A* Bm* A*
D* A* Bm* A*
[Verse 2]
D A
I went to a shrink
Bm F#m
To analyze my dreams
G D
She says it's lack of sex
A
That's bringing me down
D A
I went to a whore
Bm F#m
He said my life's a bore
G D
So quit my whining cause
A
It's bringing her down
[Chorus]
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
Am I just paranoid?
(D*)
Uh, yuh, yuh, ya
[Riff]
D* A* Bm* A*
D* A* Bm* A*
D* A* Bm* A*
D* A* Bm* A*
[Bridge]
G A
Grasping to control
N.C. D
So I better hold on
[Instrumental]
D A Bm F#m G D A
D A Bm F#m G D A
[Chorus]
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
Am I just paranoid?
(D)
Am I just stoned?
[Outro]
D Bm G D A
D Bm G D A
D Bm G D A
D Bm G D A
G D A
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Basket Case – Green Day
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57 comments

To make this incredibly easy to play, even for a very new player, use the transpose function -2, Capo on third and play the f like this:
e 1
B 1
G 2
D 3
A x
E x
It still sounds great. A perfect 'first song'
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Yeah its quite perfect this one.
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This is great!
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