Basket Case Green Day
Green Day - Basket Case from the Album Dookie 1994
Right, so I'm not boasting but I have looked plenty of places for the correct way
to play this song an' so far I haven't found single accurate tab.
So I'm give you the correct way... Part from the outro I'm not 100% sure about
that but erm it sounds good enough to me :) So this tab is pretty much 99% right.
There are always two places that you can play power chords on the neck and its
proven in this song but this is the exact way Billie Joe plays it :) TUNING HALF-STEP DOWN
Chords used [In Order of "appearance"]:
|G[E(2)]:-9| |D[B5(2)]:-9| |G[C#5]:-6| |D[G#5]:-6| |D[A5(2)]:-7|
|D:-9| |A:-9| |D:-6| |A:-6| |A:-7|
|A:-7| |E:-7| |A:-4| |E:-4| |E:-5|
[#######################################]
|B:[A]-2| |[B5]G:-4| [E(3)]|B:-4| [D#5]|G:-8| |[E]E:-0|
|G:-2| |D:-4| |G:-4| |D:-8| |B:-0|
|D:-2| |A:-2| |A:-2| |A:-6| |G:-1|
|A:-0| |D:-2|
|A:-2|
|E:-0|
E(4)[An open E cbord but on 7tb fret]
|e:-0| That's all the chords :)
|B:-0|
|G:-6|
|D:-7|
|A:-7|
|E:-0|
THERE IS ALSO ONE OCTAVE IN THE BRIDGE TIS THIS: |G:-6|
|D:-4|X
|A:-4|
INTRO: (Palm mute)
[E(2)]Do you have the [B5(2)]time
[C#5]To listen to me [G#5]whine
[A5(2)]About nothing and [E(2)]everything all at o[B5(2)]nce
[E(2)]I am one of [B5]tho[(2)]se
[C#5]melodramatic [G#5]fools
[A5(2)]Neurotic to the [E(2)]bone no doubt about [B5(2)]it...
[ Tab from: bttp://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/green_day/basket_case_crd_ver_11.btml ]
[PRE-CBORUS PM TO "I TBINK I'M CRACKING UP"]
[A]Sometimes I [B5]give myself the c[E(3)]reeps....
[A]Sometimes my [B5]mind plays tricks on m[E(3)]e....
[A]It all keeps adding [B5]up....
I [E(2)]THINK I'M [D#5]CRACKING [C#5]UP!
[A5(2)]Am I just [B5(2)]paranoid
B5(2) E(2) B5 C#5 B5 x2
Or am I just stoned?
Verse:
[E]I went to a [B5]shrink
To [C#5]analyse my [G#5]dreams
She [A]says its lack of [E(3)]sex that's bringing me [B5]down
[E]I went to [B5]whore
He [C#5]said my life's a [G#5]bore
So [A]quit my whining [E(3)]cos its bringing her [B5]down
[A5]Sometimes I [B5(2)]give myself the c[E(2)]reeps....
[A5]Sometimes my [B5(2)]mind plays tricks on me.[E(2)]...
[A5]It all keeps adding [B5(2)]up....
I [E(2)]THINK I'M [D#5]CRACKING [C#5]UP!
[A5(2)]Am I just [B5(2)]paranoid
B5(2) E(2) B5 C#5 B5 x4
A YEAH HUH HUH Go Go!
pm.........
[A]Grasping to [B5]control
[BRIDGE] (HIT THE CHORDS QUITE HARD)
So I better [E]hold [B5]ooooon[C#5] [G#5] [A] [E(3)] [B5]
E B5 octave G#5 A E(3) B5...........
|G:-6|
|D:-4|X
|A:-4|
PRE-CHORUS PM TO "I THINK I'M CRACKING UP"]
[A]Sometimes I [B5]give myself the c[E(3)]reeps....
[A]Sometimes my [B5]mind plays tricks on m[E(3)]e....
[A]It all keeps adding [B5]up....
I [E(2)]THINK I'M [D#5]CRACKING [C#5]UP!
[A5(2)]Am I just [B5(2)]paranoid
[OUTRO]
B5(2) E(4) G#5 E(4) A5(2) E(2) B5(2) x3
Or am I just stooooooooooooooooned
(Then finish on) /slide finger down E6th string then A E(3)B5
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