Basket Case Chords

by Green Day
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Difficulty: beginner
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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Chords

D
A
Bm
F#m
G
C

Strumming

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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
salesey2005
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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neskire
Yeah its quite perfect this one.
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coracska
This is great!
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