Basket Case chords by Green Day (Ver. 3)

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

   E A D G B 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        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:

 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


Bridge:

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