Basket Case Chords by Green Day

Tempo:
88.25 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 [Bb] you have the time [C] to listen [G] to me whine?
[Ab] About [Eb] nothing and everything [Bb] all at once.
[Eb] I am [Bb] one of those [C] [G] Melodramatic fools
[Ab] Neurotic [Eb] to the bone no [Bb] doubt about it
[Ab] [Bb] Sometimes I give [Eb] myself the creeps
[Ab] Sometimes [Bb] my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab] It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] I [Db] think [C] I'm breaking out
[Ab] Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
[Eb] Am I [Bb] just [Cm] out?
[Bb] [Eb] I went [Bb] to a shrink
[C] To [G] analyze my dreams
[Ab] She said it's [Eb] like a sex [Bb] act's breaking me down
[Eb] I went [Bb] to a whore
[C] It's in my [G] mind some more
[Ab] Talk with [Eb] my wife, it even didn't [Bb] break her down
[Ab]
[Bb] Sometimes I give [Eb] myself the creeps
[Ab]
[Bb] Sometimes my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab]
It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] [Db] I think [C] I'm breaking out
[Ab]
Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
Am I [Cm] just out?
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Ab] Grasping to [Bb]
control
[Eb] So I better hold
[Bb] [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 [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb]
[Db] I think [C] I'm breaking out
[Ab] Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
[Eb] Am I just [C] out?
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [C] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[C] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[C] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
Key:  
Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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C
3211
G
2131
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: C, Ab, Eb, Ab, Bb, C, G, Ab, Eb, Bb, Eb and C. For best results, commence at 44 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 88. Considering the song's key of Eb Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[Eb] Do [Bb] you have the time [C] to listen [G] to me whine?
[Ab] About [Eb] nothing and everything [Bb] all at once. _
_ [Eb] I am [Bb] one of those [C] _ [G] Melodramatic fools
[Ab] Neurotic [Eb] to the bone no [Bb] doubt about it _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] Sometimes I give [Eb] myself the creeps
_ [Ab] Sometimes [Bb] my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
_ [Ab] It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] I [Db] think [C] I'm breaking out
[Ab] Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
[Eb] Am I [Bb] just [Cm] out?
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ I went [Bb] to a shrink
[C] To [G] analyze my dreams
[Ab] She said it's [Eb] like a sex [Bb] act's breaking me down
[Eb] I went [Bb] to a whore
[C] It's in my [G] mind some more
[Ab] Talk with [Eb] my wife, it even didn't [Bb] break her down
_ [Ab] _
[Bb] Sometimes I give [Eb] myself the creeps
[Ab] _
[Bb] Sometimes my mind plays [Eb] tricks on me
[Ab]
It all [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb] [Db] I think [C] I'm breaking out
[Ab]
Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
Am I [Cm] just out?
[Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ Grasping to [Bb]
control
[Eb] So I better hold
[Bb] _ _ [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 [Bb] keeps adding up
[Eb]
[Db] I think [C] I'm breaking out
[Ab] Am I [Bb] just paranoid?
[Eb] Am I just [C] out?
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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

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