Green Day – Basket Case Acoustic chords

If you just want to play this on an acoustic with open chords, here they are.

Capo 1st fret, standard tuning

      E  A  D  G  B  e
D* - (10 12 12 11 10 10)
A* - (5  7  7  6  5  5)
Bm*- (7  9  9  7  7  7)

Chords relative to capo


D               ADo you have the time
Bm           F#mTo listen to me whine
 G            DAbout nothing and everything
    AAll at once

D           AI am one of those
Bm     F#mMelodramatic fools
G           DNeurotic to the bone
         ANo doubt about it


G            A             D Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G             A                  D Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
   G                AIt all keeps adding up
  D         C        Bm I think I'm cracking up
   G          AAm I just paranoid?
          (D*)Am I just stoned?


Riff: D*  A*  Bm* A*  x2


  D         AI went to a shrink
   Bm         F#mTo analyze my dreams
    G                 DShe says it's lack of sex
                AThat's bringing me down
  D         A I went to a whore
   Bm               F#mHe said my life's a bore
   G               DSo quit my whining cause
              AIt's bringing her down


G            A            D Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G             A                  D Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
   G                AIt all keeps adding up
  D         C        BmI think I'm cracking up
   G          AAm I just paranoid?
              (D*)Uh, yuh, yuh, ya


Riff: D*  A*  Bm* A*  x4

G              AGrasping to control
N.C.        (D)So I better hold on


D A Bm F#m G D A x2


G            A            D Sometimes I give myself the creeps
G             A                  D Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
   G                AIt all keeps adding up
  D         C        BmI think I'm cracking up
G             AAm I just paranoid?
          (D)Am I just stoned?

D Bm G D A x 4  G D A