Basket Case Chords by Green Day

Tempo:
87.9 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

Ab

C

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Do you have [Bb] the time [C] to listen to [G] me whine?
[Ab] About [Eb] nothing and [Bb] everything all at once.
[Eb] I [Bb] am one of those
[C] [G] melodramatic fools
[Eb] Neurotic to the bone no doubt [Bb] about it
[Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give myself [Eb] the creeps
[Ab] Sometimes my [Bb] mind plays tricks [Eb] on me
[Ab] It all keeps adding [Bb] up
[Eb] I think I'm [C] fucking up
[Ab] Am I just [Bb] paranoid?
How much [Eb] I suck?
[Cm] [Eb] I went [Bb] to a shrink
[C] To [G] analyze my dreams
[Ab] She said [Eb] it's like a sex trap
[Bb] Breaking me down
[Eb] I went [Bb] to a whore
[C] Instead my [G] mind's on board
[Ab] Choked with [Eb] my whining
Doesn't [Bb] bring it down
[Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give myself the creeps
Sometimes [Eb] [Ab] my
[Bb] mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab] It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] I think I'm [C] fucking up
[Ab] Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
Yeah yeah
[Cm] Oh [Bb] yeah
[Bb]
[Cm] [Ab] I've been too [Bb] controlled
So [Eb] I better [Bb] hold on
[C]
[G] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [C]
[G] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb] Sometimes I give [Eb] myself the creeps
[Ab] [Bb] Sometimes my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab] It all keeps [Bb] adding up
[Eb] I think I'm [C] fucking up
[Ab] Am I just [Bb] paranoid?
[Eb] How much I [C] suck?
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb] [C] [Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
[C] [Bb] [Eb]
[C] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb]
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Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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C
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G
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Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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To learn Green Day - (Live at Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan, 5/28/09) Basket Case chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Bb, G, Eb, Ab, Bb, Eb, Bb and Eb. The tempo control on ChordU helps you begin at a comfortable speed and increase as you learn. With Eb Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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Do you have [Bb] the time [C] to listen to [G] me whine?
[Ab] About [Eb] nothing and [Bb] everything all at once. _
[Eb] I [Bb] am one of those
[C] _ [G] melodramatic fools
_ [Eb] Neurotic to the bone no doubt [Bb] about it _
_ [Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give myself [Eb] the creeps _
_ _ [Ab] Sometimes my [Bb] mind plays tricks [Eb] on me
_ [Ab] It all keeps adding [Bb] up
[Eb] I think I'm [C] fucking up
[Ab] Am I just [Bb] paranoid?
How much [Eb] I suck?
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ I went [Bb] to a shrink
[C] To [G] analyze my dreams
[Ab] She said [Eb] it's like a sex trap
[Bb] Breaking me down
[Eb] I went [Bb] to a whore
[C] Instead my [G] mind's on board
[Ab] Choked with [Eb] my whining
Doesn't [Bb] bring it down
_ [Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give myself the creeps
Sometimes [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] my _
[Bb] mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab] It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] I think I'm [C] fucking up
[Ab] Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
Yeah yeah
[Cm] Oh _ [Bb] _ _ _ yeah
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] I've been too [Bb] controlled
So [Eb] I better [Bb] hold on
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Sometimes I give [Eb] myself the creeps
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] Sometimes my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me _
_ [Ab] It all keeps [Bb] adding up
[Eb] I think I'm [C] fucking up
[Ab] Am I just [Bb] paranoid?
[Eb] How much I [C] suck?
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song was written by Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong.

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