Chanson: Basket Case Artiste: Green Day Album: Dookie #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: ascheng@netcom.com (Ed Cheng) EADGBe E: x79997 B: 799877 C#m: x46654 G#: 466544 A: 577655 Verse: E B Do you have the time C#m G# To listen to me whine A E B About nothin' and everything all at once E B I am one of those C#m G# melodramatic fools A E B moronic ... ??? ... no doubt about it Chorus: A B E Sometimes I give myself the creeps (???) A B E Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me A B It all keeps adding up E C#m I think I'm cracking up A B E B C#m A (<-- repeat these 4 chords a few times) Am I just paranoid, or ... ??? (I think there's a bridge part too that uses the chords in this last line of the chorus) From alt.guitar.tab Tue Aug 2 19:55:48 1994 From: cunningh@gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Tom Cunningham) Date: 2 Aug 94 10:18:29 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Subject: Re: CRD: Green Day Song (not Longview) NO!!! You have to tune a half step down to play it like this. The chords should all be a half step down from what is listed in the crd. The last line in the chorus is "I'm just stoned". However, I'm very unsure of what is posted for the "I think I'm cracking up" line. My band plays it like Eb F G <--- All Power chords I think I'm cracking up however, I know this doesn't sound right. Anyone have any other suggestions? Here's the outro to Basketcase: Eb Ab Eb C Ab C Ab Eb Bb <---- All power chords You can also play it like this if the above is too fast for you: Eb C Ab Eb Bb Tom -Someone posted this song before I could, but there seems to be some contreversy about it. I hope this settles it! This is from Green Day's album DOOKIE BASKET_CASE VERSE: Eb Bb C G Do you have the time, to listen to me whine G# Eb Bb About nothing and everything all at once Eb Bb C G I am one of those, mellodramatic fools G# Eb Bb Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it. CHORUS: G# Bb Eb Sometimes I give myself the creeps G# Bb Eb Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me G# Bb Eb C# C It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up G# Bb Eb Am I just paranoid? I'm just stoned. Bridge?: Eb Bb C Bb Eb Bb C Bb Verse: I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down I went to a whore, she said my life's a bore And quit my whining cause it's bringing her down. _____________________________________________________________________________ I think the chorus is screwed up, but you'll have to forgive me, it's from memory.. From: rvellani@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raymond Vellani) Subject: CRD:basketcase greenday E B do you have the time C#min G# to listen to me whine A E about ?everything¬hing? B all at once E B i am one of those C#min G# melodramatic fools A E neurotic to the core B no doubt about it A B E sometimes i give myself the creeps A B E sometimes my mind plays tricks on me A B it all keeps adding up E B C#min i think i'm cracking up A B E B C#min B x4(?) am i just paranoid, or am i (?) E B i went to a whore etc..... etc....................... E B C#min B x4 A B you ask me to control (nada) so you better hold? E B C#min G# A E-lo E-HI bar B x2? on? A B E sometimes i give myself the creeps (etc...) outro Esus4 Esus4/C# A E B x4 the guitar player pedals on a E to Esus4 figure while the bass player goes thru the E-C#-A-E-B changes. for a satisfying armchair axe-warrior experience you might try... x7999x E x79910x Esus4 9x999x E/C# 9x9910x Esus4/C# the band either tunes down to Eb or tunes to D and then speeds up the tape to make it more awesome. Dookie seems to be somewhere around Eb when you play it. so while you can't play along with the record with this fingering, this is probably the way they finger it. the finale is... A E B Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:52:46 -0500 From: ELAINE HENDRICKSON Subject: CHORDS:Basket Case by Green Day Song:Basket Case Band:Green Day This song is very simple. It goes like: Verse: Riff 1: E-B-C#m-G#m-A-E-B Play that a few times Chorus: Riff 2: A-B-E Play that 3 or 4 times and on the last time play this: Riff3:E~ D~ C#m~ A-B Play that once and then play: Riff4:E-B-C#m Play that twice and then play Riff1 Again and then Riff2,Riff3,Riff4 four times,and then play this: Riff5:A-B Play that at the "Grasping to control...so I better hold on" part,then play Riff6:E-C#m-A-B-E Repeat that and then play this at the end: Riff7:A-E-B~A-E-B~~ So the whole song goes: Riff1 x2 Riff2 x3 or 4 Riff3 x1 Riff4 x2 Riff1 x2 Riff2 x3 or 4 Riff3 x1 Riff4 x4 Riff5 x1 Riff6 x2 Riff7 x2 Send quetions,comments,complaints to me at tjh105@btigate.com P.S. (I KNOW THIS TAB IS RIGHT CAUSE MY GUITAR TEACHER TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY IT AND HE IS BETTER THAN JIMI HENDRIX!)