Basket Case Chords by Green Day

Tempo:
87.7 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

Ab

C

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Green Day Basket Case (Lyrics) chords
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[Eb] 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
[Ab] [Eb] Neurotic to the bone no doubt [Bb] about it.
[Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give [Eb] myself the creeps
[Ab] [Bb] Sometimes my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab] It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] I think [C] I'm freaking [Ab] out
Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
Am I [Eb] just [Bb] dumb?
[Cm] [Bb] [Eb] I went [Bb] to a shrink
[C] To unlock [G] my dreams
[Ab] She said it's [Eb] lack of sex that's [Bb] breaking me down
[Eb] I went [Bb] to a whore
[C] Instead my [G] life's a bore
[Ab] So quit my [Eb] whining
Let's end the [Bb] breaking up town
[Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give myself the creeps
[Eb] [Ab] Sometimes my mind [Bb] plays tricks [Eb] on me
[Ab] It all keeps [Bb] adding up
[Eb] I [Db] think I'm [C] freaking out
[Ab] Am I just [Bb] paranoid?
Am I just dumb?
[Cm] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab] I went to a shrink
To [Bb]
unlock my dreams
[Ab] She said it's lack of [Eb] sex that's breaking me down
I went to a whore
[Bb] Instead [C]
[G] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [C]
[G] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] my life's a bore
Sometimes [Bb] I give [Eb] myself the creeps
[Ab] Sometimes [Bb] my mind plays tricks [Eb] on me
[Ab] It all keeps [Bb] adding up
[Eb] I think [C] I'm freaking [Ab] out
Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
[Eb] Am I just dumb?
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [C]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [C]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
Key:  
Bb
12341111
Eb
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Ab
134211114
C
3211
G
2131
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
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To start learning Green Day - (Live at Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan, 5/28/09) Basket Case chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Bb, Ab, Eb, Ab, Bb, Eb, Bb, C and G. Ease into the song by practicing at 43 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 88 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of Eb Major.

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[Eb] 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
_ [Ab] [Eb] Neurotic to the bone no doubt [Bb] about it. _ _
_ [Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give [Eb] myself the creeps
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] Sometimes my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
_ [Ab] It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] I think [C] I'm freaking [Ab] out
Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
Am I [Eb] just [Bb] dumb?
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ I went [Bb] to a shrink
[C] To unlock [G] my dreams
[Ab] She said it's [Eb] lack of sex that's [Bb] breaking me down
[Eb] I went [Bb] to a whore
[C] Instead my [G] life's a bore
[Ab] So quit my [Eb] whining
Let's end the [Bb] breaking up town
_ [Ab] Sometimes [Bb] I give myself the creeps
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Sometimes my mind [Bb] plays tricks [Eb] on me
[Ab] It all keeps [Bb] adding up
[Eb] I [Db] think I'm [C] freaking out
[Ab] Am I just [Bb] paranoid?
Am I just dumb?
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] [Ab] I went to a shrink
To [Bb] _
unlock my dreams
[Ab] She said it's lack of [Eb] sex that's breaking me down
I went to a whore
[Bb] Instead _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] my life's a bore
Sometimes [Bb] I give [Eb] myself the creeps
_ [Ab] Sometimes [Bb] my mind plays tricks [Eb] on me
_ [Ab] It all keeps [Bb] adding up
[Eb] I think [C] I'm freaking [Ab] out
Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
[Eb] Am I just dumb? _
[Cm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
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Facts about this song

This song was composed by Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong.

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