BASKET CASE

Green Day

[VERSE 1 and half of CHORUS 1, only gtr and vox.]

E
B
C#m
G#m
Do you have the time, To listen to me whine,
A
E
B
About nothing and everything all at once?
I am one of those / Melodramatic fools,
Neurotic to the bone - no doubt about it.

Key:
E
Tempo: 176
TRT:
03:15
(record tuned down: Eb)

CHORUS:
A
B
E
Sometimes I give myself the creeps,
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me,
A
B
It all keeps adding up,
E
B
C#m
I [band in] think I'm cracking up!
A
B
Am I just paranoid?
E
(1. Am I just stoned?)
(2. Ah yuh yuh yuh!)
(3. I'm not suuuure)
POST-CHORUS RIFF: E - B - C#m - B 2X (gtr only, with bass flick, all downbeats)
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 / Who said my life's a bore
So quit my whining cause it's bringing her down
CHORUS 2
POST-CHORUS RIFF

4X full band

BRIDGE:
A
B
Grasping to con-trol...
E
So I better hold on!
INSTRUMENTAL
Accents:

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E - B - C#m - G# - A - E - B - B

(2x)

CHORUS 3
OUTRO RIFF: E - C#m - A - E - B 4X
[1st 3 times, all downbeats except for B; last time, C#m and B accented]
[END Tag] A - E - B.