Green Day - Basket Case

Submitted by: pxs

Original key: Eb Major

Suggested capo: 1

Helpers

Eb Major

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Chords used

Capo 1

Verse 1

D – – – A – – – Bm – – – F#m – – –
G – – – D – – – A – – – : – – – –
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
All at once
D – – – A – – – Bm – – – F#m – – –
G – – – D – – – A – – – : – – – –
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it

Chorus 1

G – – – A – – – D – – – : – – – – x2
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
G – – – A – – – D – C – Bm – – –
G – – – A – – –
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?

Break 1

D – A – Bm – A – x2

Verse 2

D – – – A – – – Bm – – – F#m – – –
G – – – D – – – A – – – : – – – –
I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex
That's bringing me down
D – – – A – – – Bm – – – F#m – – –
G – – – D – – – A – – – : – – – –
I went to a whore
He said "My life's a bore"
So quit my whining cause
It's bringing her down

Chorus 2

Break 2

D – A – Bm – A – x4

Bridge

G – – – A – – –
Grasping to control
So I better hold on
D – – – A – – – Bm – – – F#m – – –
G – – – D – – – A – – – : – – – – x2

Chorus 3

Outro

D – – – Bm – – – G – D – A – – – x4
G – D – A – – –

I practiced this song ✓

I practiced this song by heart ♥︎

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