"Basket Case" - Green Day - Dookie INTRO/VERSE 1: Em(PM) B'(PM) C#(PM) G#(PM) Do you have the time, to listen to me whine A(PM) E'(PM) B(PM) About nothing and everything all at once E'(PM) B(PM) C#(PM) G#(PM) I am one of those, melodramatic fools A(PM) E'(PM) B(PM) Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it CHORUS: A(PM) B(PM) E'(PM) Sometimes I give myself the creeps A(PM) B(PM) E'(PM) Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me A(PM) B(PM) E' D C# It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up A B Riff #1 Am I just paranoid? I was just stoned VERSE 2: Em B' C# G# I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams A' Em E B' She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down e B' C# G# I went to a whore, she said my life's a bore A' Em E B' So quit my whining cause it's bringing her down CHORUS 2: A B E' Sometimes I give myself the creeps A B E' Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me A B E' D C# It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up A B Riff #1 - 2x Am I just paranoid? Uh yeah yeah yeah BRIDGE: A'(PM) B' Grasping to control... Em B' C# G# A' Em E B' | e B' C# G# A' Em E B' ...so you better hold on CHORUS 3: A'(PM) B'(PM) e(PM) Sometimes I give myself the creeps A'(PM) B'(PM) e(PM) Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me A'(PM) B'(PM) E' D C# It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up A B Riff #2 Am I just paranoid? I was just stooooooooned... ____________________________________________________________________________ Riff #1 E B C#m B E B C#m B e|---------------------------------------------| B|------------5-5-------------------5-5--------| G|--9-X-4-4-X-6-6-X-4-4-/-9-X-4-4-X-6-6-X-4-4--| D|--9-X-4-4-X-6-6-X-4-4-/-9-X-4-4-X-6-6-X-4-4--| A|--7-X-2-2-X-4-4-X-2-2-/-7-X-2-2-X-4-4-X-2-2--| E|---------------------------------------------| Riff #2 E C# A E B e|---------------------------------------------| B|--0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------| G|-------------------------------9-9-9---------| D|--6-6-7-6-6--6-6-7-6-6--7-7-7--9-9-9--9-9-9--| A|--7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7--7-7-7--9-7-9--| E|------------------------5-5-5---------7-7-7--| (3x) E C# A E B' A' Em B' e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------9--4~-------------2-----4~--| D|--6-6-7-6-6--6-6-7-6-6---7--9--4~---/-----\---2--2--4~--| A|--7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4---7--7--2~---/-----\---0--2--2~--| E|-------------------------5----------/-----\------0------| ___________________________________________________________________________ To play this song, tune to Eb (½ step down) Chords Used: A : 5 7 7 A' : X 0 2 2 B : 7 9 9 B' : X 2 4 4 C# : X 4 6 6 D : X 5 7 7 E' : X 7 9 9 E : 0 2 2 1 0 0 Em : 0 2 2 e : X X 2 4 G# : 4 6 6 Words by Billie Joe Armstrong, music by Green Day. ____________________________________________________________________________