Basket Case chords by Green Day

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

   E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
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:

D MajorD        A augmentedA
Do you have the time
B minorBm      F# minorF#m
To listen to me whine
 G+G      D MajorD
About nothing and everything
  A augmentedA
All at once

D MajorD      A augmentedA
I am one of those
B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Melodramatic fools
G+G      D MajorD
Neurotic to the bone
     A augmentedA
No doubt about it

Chorus:

G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
 Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G+G       A augmentedA         D MajorD
 Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
  G+G        A augmentedA
It all keeps adding up
 D MajorD     C majorC    B minorBm
I think I'm cracking up
  G+G     A augmentedA
A minorAm I just paranoid?
     (D*)
A minorAm I just stoned?


Riff:

D* A* Bm* A*
D* A* Bm* A*

Verse:

 D MajorD     A augmentedA
I went to a shrink
  B minorBm     F# minorF#m
To analyze my dreams
  G+G         D MajorD
She says it's lack of sex
        A augmentedA
That's bringing me down
 D MajorD     A augmentedA
I went to a whore
  B minorBm        F# minorF#m
He said my life's a bore
  G+G        D MajorD
So quit my whining cause
       A augmentedA
It's bringing her down


Chorus:

G+G      A augmentedA      D MajorD
 Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G+G       A augmentedA         D MajorD
 Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
  G+G        A augmentedA
It all keeps adding up
 D MajorD     C majorC    B minorBm
I think I'm cracking up
  G+G     A augmentedA
A minorAm 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+G       A augmentedA
Grasping to control
N.C.    D MajorD
So I better hold on


Bridge:

D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD A augmentedA


Chorus:

G+G      A augmentedA      D MajorD
 Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G+G       A augmentedA         D MajorD
 Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
  G+G        A augmentedA
It all keeps adding up
 D MajorD     C majorC    B minorBm
I think I'm cracking up
G+G       A augmentedA
A minorAm I just paranoid?
     (D MajorD)
A minorAm I just stoned?


Outro:

D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA

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