Basket Case Acoustic chords by Green Day

Capo 1st fret, standard tuning

   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


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


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* x2


 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


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* x4

G       A
Grasping to control
N.C.    (D)
So I better hold on


D A Bm F#m G D A x2


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?

D Bm G D A x 4 G D A