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Basket Case

 Complimentary "Basket Case" Ringtone 

Band: Green Day
Song: Basket Case
Album: Dookie (1994) or International Superhits (2001)
Guitarist: Billie Joe
Tabbed by: Chris Hansen comments, questions email me at blinkmeb4@hotmail.com


Verse (palm muted)
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999------6666-----------9999----------------------|
D|-9999-9999-6666-6666-7777-9999-9999-----------------|
A|-7777-9999-4444-6666-7777-7777-9999-----------------|
E|------7777------4444-5555------7777-----------------|
"Do you have the time...."

Chorus (palm muted till 9, 7, 6,)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------99999999------------99999999-----------9--7--6----------------|
D|-7777-9999-99999999--7777-9999-99999999-7777-9999-9--7--6--7777-99999999-|
A|-7777-9999-77777777--7777-9999-77777777-7777-9999-7--5--4--7777-99999999-|
E|-5555-7777-----------5555-7777----------5555-7777----------5555-77777777-|
"Sometimes I give myself the creeps..."

E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-9---6---9---6-----|
D|-9-9-6-9-9-9-6-9---|
A|-7-9-4-9-7-9-4-9---|
E|---7---7---7---7---|

Verse
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999------6666-----------9999----------------------|
D|-9999-9999-6666-6666-7777-9999-9999-----------------|
A|-7777-9999-4444-6666-7777-7777-9999-----------------|
E|------7777------4444-5555------7777-----------------|
"I went to a shrink..."

Chorus
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------99999999------------99999999-----------9--7--6----------------|
D|-7777-9999-99999999--7777-9999-99999999-7777-9999-9--7--6--7777-99999999-|
A|-7777-9999-77777777--7777-9999-77777777-7777-9999-7--5--4--7777-99999999-|
E|-5555-7777-----------5555-7777----------5555-7777----------5555-77777777-|
"Sometimes I give myself the creeps..."

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-9---6---9---6---9---6----------------|
D|-9-9-6-9-9-9-6-9-9-9-6-9--------------|
A|-7-9-4-9-7-9-4-9-7-9-4-9--------------|
E|---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------|

Bridge
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-7777777777-99999------------------------------|
A|-7777777777-99999------------------------------|
E|-5555555555-77777------------------------------|
"Grasping to control, so I better hold on..."

Verse (Instrumental)
E|----------------------------------------------------|x2
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999------6666-----------9999----------------------|
D|-9999-9999-6666-6666-7777-9999-9999-----------------|
A|-7777-9999-4444-6666-7777-7777-9999-----------------|
E|------7777------4444-5555------7777-----------------|


Chorus (palm muted till 9,7,6,)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------99999999------------99999999-----------9--7--6----------------|
D|-7777-9999-99999999--7777-9999-99999999-7777-9999-9--7--6--7777-99999999-|
A|-7777-9999-77777777--7777-9999-77777777-7777-9999-7--5--4--7777-99999999-|
E|-5555-7777-----------5555-7777----------5555-7777----------5555-77777777-|
"Sometimes I give myself the creeps..."

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-9---6---9---6---9---6----------------|
D|-9-9-6-9-9-9-6-9-9-9-6-9--------------|
A|-7-9-4-9-7-9-4-9-7-9-4-9--------------|
E|---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------|

Outro
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9999-6666---99-----9999-6666---99-----9999-6666---9-----------------|
D|-9999-6666-7-99-9---9999-6666-7-99-9---9999-6666-7-9-9--7-2-9--------|
A|-7777-4444-7-77-9---7777-4444-7-77-9---7777-4444-7-7-9--7-2-9--------|
E|-----------5----7-------------5----7-------------5---7--5-0-7--------|

Basket Case Lyrics

Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned

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
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining cause
It's bringing her down

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned

Grasping to control
So I better hold on

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned


shoutouts to lauren, hammy, masaol, douggy, ashley and all my buds, love ya