GREEN DAY - BASKET CASE CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

This is the Green Day song Basket Case from the 1994 album Dookie. This version is a more bluesy acoustic version, played slower than the original, all open 7th chords instead of the original power chords. It sounds great played with an acoustic. Try it and please rate Chords used D7 – xx0212 A7 – x02020 B7 – x21202 Fmaj7 – xx3210 G7 – 320001 Cmaj7 – x32000 Verse

^D7Do you have the t^A7ime ^B7To listen to me wh^Fmaj7ine ^G7About nothing and e^D7verything all at o^A7nce ^D7I am one of th^A7ose ^B7Melodramatic^Fmaj7 fools ^G7Neurotic to the bo^D7ne no doubt about ^A7it

Chorus

^G7Sometimes I g^A7ive myself the c^D7reeps ^G7Sometimes my m^A7ind plays tricks on ^D7me ^G7It all keeps adding ^A7up ^D7I think I'm ^Cmaj7cracking ^B7up ^G7Am I just paran^A7oid? I'm just sto^D7ned

Interlude D7 A7 B7 A7 x 2 Verse

^D7I went to a sh^A7rink ^B7To analyze my d^Fmaj7reams ^G7She says it's lack of ^D7sex that's bringing me d^A7own ^G7I went to a wh^A7ore ^B7He said my life is a b^Fmaj7ore ^G7And quit my whining 'c^D7ause it's bringing her d^A7own

Chorus

^G7Sometimes I g^A7ive myself the c^D7reeps ^G7Sometimes my m^A7ind plays tricks on ^D7me ^G7It all keeps adding ^A7up ^D7I think I'm ^Cmaj7cracking ^B7up ^G7Am I just paran^A7oid? I'm just sto^D7ned

Interlude D7 A7 B7 A7 Bridge

^GGrasping to co^Antrol, So you better hold on Verse

Chorus

^G7Sometimes I g^A7ive myself the c^D7reeps ^G7Sometimes my m^A7ind plays tricks on ^D7me ^G7It all keeps adding ^A7up ^D7I think I'm ^Cmaj7cracking ^B7up ^G7Am I just paran^A7oid? ^D7I'm just stoned

Outro D7 B7 G7 D7 A7 x 4 G7 D7 A7

Green Day - Basket case