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Basket Case

Green Day


 Ed
 ascheng@netcom.com
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???, by Green Day
EADGBe
E: x79997
B: 799877
C#m: x46654
G#: 466544
A: 577655
Verse:
 EB
 Do you have the time
 C#mG#
 To listen to me whine
 AEB
 About nothin' and everything all at once
 EB
 I am one of those
 C#mG#
 melodramatic fools
 AEB
 moronic ... ??? ... no doubt about it
Chorus:
 ABE
 Sometimes I give myself the creeps (???)
 ABE
 Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
 AB
 It all keeps adding up
 EC#m
 I think I'm cracking up
A B E B C#m A (<-- repeat these 4 chords a few times)
Am I just paranoid, or ... ???
(I think there's a bridge part too that uses the chords in this last line
of the chorus)
From alt.guitar.tab Tue Aug 2 19:55:48 1994
From: cunningh@gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Tom Cunningham)
Date: 2 Aug 94 10:18:29 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: Re: CRD: Green Day Song (not Longview)
Ed Cheng (ascheng@netcom.com) wrote:
: I think I've got down all the chords to this Green Day song. Actually,
: I don't even know the name of the song, I've just heard it on the radio
: and on MTV and thought it was pretty cool. I'd appreciate it if someone
: who has the album could finish up the rest and fill in the lyrics!
: Ed
: ascheng@netcom.com
: P.S. I hope this hasn't already been posted or placed at nevada.
: ---------------
: ???, by Green Day
: EADGBe
: E: x79997
: B: 799877
: C#m: x46654
: G#: 466544
: A: 577655
: Verse:
: E B
: Do you have the time
NO!!! You have to tune a half step down to play it like this. The chords
should all be a half step down from what is listed in the crd.
The last line in the chorus is
"I'm just stoned". However, I'm very unsure of what is posted for the
"I think I'm cracking up" line. My band plays it like
Eb F G <--- All Power chords
I think I'm cracking up
however, I know this doesn't sound right. Anyone have any other suggestions?
Here's the outro to Basketcase:
Eb Ab Eb C Ab C Ab Eb Bb <---- All power chords
You can also play it like this if the above is too fast for you:
 EbCAbEbBb
                   Tom
-Someone posted this song before I could, but there seems to be some
contreversy about it. I hope this settles it!
This is from Green Day's album DOOKIE
BASKET_CASE
VERSE:
 EbBbCG
 Do you have the time, to listen to me whine
 G#EbBb
 About nothing and everything all at once
 EbBbCG
 I am one of those, mellodramatic fools
 G#EbBb
 Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it.
CHORUS:
 G#BbEb
 Sometimes I give myself the creeps
 G#BbEb
 Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
 G#BbEbC#C
 It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up
 G#BbEb
 Am I just paranoid? I'm just stoned.
Bridge?:
 EbBbCBbEbBbCBb
                                     Verse:
I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
I went to a whore, she said my life's a bore
And quit my whining cause it's bringing her down.
_____________________________________________________________________________
I think the chorus is screwed up, but you'll have to forgive me, it's
from memory..
From: rvellani@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raymond Vellani)
Subject: CRD:basketcase greenday
 EB
 do you have the time
 C#minG#
to listen to me whine
 AE
about ?everything&nothing?
 B
all at once
 EB
 i am one of those
 C#minG#
melodramatic fools
 AE
neurotic to the core
 B
no doubt about it
 ABE
 sometimes i give myself the creeps
 ABE
 sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
 AB
it all keeps adding up
 EBC#min
i think i'm cracking up
A B E B C#min B x4(?)
am i just paranoid, or am i (?)
 EB
i went to a whore etc.....
etc.......................
E B C#min B x4
 AB
you ask me to control
 nada
 so you better hold?
E B C#min G# A E-lo E-HI bar B x2?
on?
 ABE
 sometimes i give myself the creeps (etc...)
outro
Esus4 Esus4/C# A E B x4
the guitar player pedals on a E to Esus4 figure while the bass player goes thru
the E-C#-A-E-B changes. for a satisfying armchair axe-warrior experience you
might try...
x7999x E
x79910x Esus4
9x999x E/C#
9x9910x Esus4/C#
the band either tunes down to Eb or tunes to D and then speeds up the tape to
make it more awesome. Dookie seems to be somewhere around Eb when you play it.
so while you can't play along with the record with this fingering, this is
probably the way they finger it.
the finale is... A E B
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:52:46 -0500
From: ELAINE HENDRICKSON
Subject: CHORDS:Basket Case by Green Day
Song:Basket Case
Band:Green Day
This song is very simple. It goes like:
Verse:
   Riff 1:  E-B-C#m-G#m-A-E-B     Play that a few times
Chorus:
Riff 2: A-B-E Play that 3 or 4 times and on the last time
play this:
Riff3:E~ D~ C#m~ A-B Play that once and then play:
Riff4:E-B-C#m Play that twice and then play Riff1
Again and then Riff2,Riff3,Riff4 four times,and then play this:
Riff5:A-B Play that at the "Grasping to control...so I
better hold on" part,then play
Riff6:E-C#m-A-B-E Repeat that and then play this at the end:
Riff7:A-E-B~A-E-B~~
So the whole song goes:
Riff1 x2
Riff2 x3 or 4
Riff3 x1
Riff4 x2
Riff1 x2
Riff2 x3 or 4
Riff3 x1
Riff4 x4
Riff5 x1
Riff6 x2
Riff7 x2
Send quetions,comments,complaints to me at tjh105@btigate.com
P.S. (I KNOW THIS TAB IS RIGHT CAUSE MY GUITAR TEACHER TAUGHT ME HOW TO
PLAY IT AND HE IS BETTER THAN JIMI HENDRIX!)


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trojan_man (report comment to admin): 
http://www.guitaretab.com/g/green-day/7368.html

The notes pretty much end at the chorus, and the transcriber only really seems to grasp about half the song.

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