Green Day - Basket Case Guitar Tab guitar tab
Band: Green Day
Song: Basket Case
Album: Dookie
Guitarist: Billie Joe Armstrong
Beat: Moderate
(intro)
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(pm).....................................................................
Do_ you have the time_ to listen to listen to me whine_
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(pm).....................................................................
about nothin_ and everything all_ at_ once_
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E-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
(pm).....................................................................
I_ am one of those mell- -odramatic fools_
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(pm).....................................................................
nerotic_ to the bone_ no doubt about it_
(Chorus)
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E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------------------------|
(pm).....................................................................
sometimes I ... give myself_ the_ creeps_
sometimes my... mind plays tr... on_ Me_
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E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|----------6~~------8 ~~-|
(pm).................................
It all keeps a... up__ I think I'm cracking up_
(pre-verse)
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D--------------------------------|------8-88-1010-888-|
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Am I just paranoid_ or am i just_ stoned
(verse)
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I_ went to a_ shrink_ to anal... dreams_ she says its_ x2
I_ went to a_ Whore_ she said my lifes a bore_
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lack of_ sex thats bringing me down_
so quit my_ whining cause... bringing her down_
(chorus) *with out Palm Mute*
(pre-verse)
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(pm).................................
Gras_ping_ to_ con- trol__ so i better...
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E-------------|-6-666666666666666-|
(chorus) *with Palm Mute*
(outro)x4
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D-888-888-8-8-|-555-555-5-5-|--6--8888--|
A-666-666-6-6-|-333-333-3-3-|--6--6668--|
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x2
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D|---6--8-8~--------|
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Enjoy!
