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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 9 Version 10Green Day - Basket Case from the Album Dookie 1994 Right, so I'm not boasting but I have looked plenty of places for the correct way to play this song an' so far I haven't found single accurate tab. So I'm give you the correct way... Part from the outro I'm not 100% sure about that but erm it sounds good enough to me :) So this tab is pretty much 99% right. There are always two places that you can play power chords on the neck and its proven in this song but this is the exact way Billie Joe plays it :) TUNING HALF-STEP DOWN Chords used [In Order of "appearance"]: E(2) B5(2) C#5 G#5 A5(2) |G:-9| |D:-9| |G:-6| |D:-6| |D:-7| |D:-9| |A:-9| |D:-6| |A:-6| |A:-7| |A:-7| |E:-7| |A:-4| |E:-4| |E:-5| ####################################### A B5 E(3) D#5 E |B:-2| |G:-4| |B:-4| |G:-8| |e:-0| |G:-2| |D:-4| |G:-4| |D:-8| |B:-0| |D:-2| |A:-2| |A:-2| |A:-6| |G:-1| |A:-0| |D:-2| |A:-2| |E:-0| E(4)[An open E chord but on 7th fret] |e:-0| That's all the chords :) |B:-0| |G:-6| |D:-7| |A:-7| |E:-0| THERE IS ALSO ONE OCTAVE IN THE BRIDGE TIS THIS: |G:-6| |D:-4|X |A:-4| INTRO: (Palm mute) E(2) B5(2) Do you have the time C#5 G#5 To listen to me whine A5(2) E(2) B5(2) About nothing and everything all at once E(2) B5 (2) I am one of those C#5 G#5 melodramatic fools A5(2) E(2) B5(2) Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it... [PRE-CHORUS PM TO "I THINK I'M CRACKING UP"] A B5 E(3) Sometimes I give myself the creeps.... A B5 E(3) Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.... A B5 It all keeps adding up.... E(2) D#5 C#5 I THINK I'M CRACKING UP! A5(2) B5(2) Am I just paranoid B5(2) E(2) B5 C#5 B5 x2 Or am I just stoned? Verse: E B5 I went to a shrink C#5 G#5 To analyse my dreams A E(3) B5 She says its lack of sex that's bringing me down E B5 I went to whore C#5 G#5 He said my life's a bore A E(3) B5 So quit my whining cos its bringing her down A5 B5(2) E(2) Sometimes I give myself the creeps.... A5 B5(2) E(2) Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.... A5 B5(2) It all keeps adding up.... E(2) D#5 C#5 I THINK I'M CRACKING UP! A5(2) B5(2) Am I just paranoid B5(2) E(2) B5 C#5 B5 x4 A YEAH HUH HUH Go Go! pm......... A B5 Grasping to control [BRIDGE] (HIT THE CHORDS QUITE HARD) E B5 C#5 G#5 A E(3) B5 So I better hold ooooon E B5 octave G#5 A E(3) B5........... |G:-6| |D:-4|X |A:-4| PRE-CHORUS PM TO "I THINK I'M CRACKING UP"] A B5 E(3) Sometimes I give myself the creeps.... A B5 E(3) Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.... A B5 It all keeps adding up.... E(2) D#5 C#5 I THINK I'M CRACKING UP! A5(2) B5(2) Am I just paranoid [OUTRO] B5(2) E(4) G#5 E(4) A5(2) E(2) B5(2) x3 Or am I just stooooooooooooooooned (Then finish on) /slide finger down E6th string then A E(3)B5