Basket Case
Green Day
Dookie (1994)/International Superhits! (2001)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here)
Notes: Not much to say here, played fast with lots of distortion.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Verse 1
   E5          B5               C#5       G#5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------------------------------6---------------------------|
D|-9---------9-9--------------------6---6-6---------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-----9-----9-xx-4-4-4-4-4-6-----6-----6---------|
E|-------------7-x-7-7-7-7-7--------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-xx------|
 | A5        E5           B5					|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------9---9----------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-----9---9-----9------9-------9-------------------------|
A|-----7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x----9-------9---9------9--------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-x------------|
 | E5          B5               C#5       G#5			|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------6---------------------------|
D|-9-----------9--------------------6---6-6---------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-----9-----9-xx-4-4-4-4-4-6-----6-----6---------|
E|-------------7-x-7-7-7-7-7--------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-xx------|
 | A5        E5           B5					|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------9---9----------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-----9---9-----9--9-------------------------------------|
A|-----7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x9-------------9-----------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|

Chorus 1
     A5            B5               E5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------9---------9---------9---|
D|----------------------9-------9-------9---------9---9-----9---|
A|-----------------9----9-------9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
E|-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-x-----------------------------|
 |   A5            B5               E5				|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------9-9---------9---9---9-9-9----|
D|---------------------------------9-9---------9---9---9-9-9----|
A|-------7---------------------9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/---|
E|-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x------------------------------|
 |   A5            B5              E5  D5  C#5   A5          B5 |
e|--------------------------------(No PM)-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------9---7-7--6-------------------|
D|---------------------------------9---7-7--6----7--7--7-7-7-9--|
A|---------------------------------7---5-5--4----7--7--7-7-7-9--|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5\7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------5--5--5-5-5-7--|
 | B5								|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9--9-9-9---------------------------------------------------|
A|-9-9--9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-7--7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2
   E    B5   C#5 G#5 Asus2-A  E    B5   (x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------0-2--------------------------------------|
G|-1----4----6---------2-2----1----4----------------------------|
D|-2----4----6----6----2-2----2----4----------------------------|
A|-2----2----4----6----0-0----2----2----------------------------|
E|-0--------------4-----------0---------------------------------|

Chorus 2
   A5   B5   E   (x2)  A5   B5    E5  D5  C#5  A5   B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------1--------------------9-\-7-\-6---------------------|
D|-7----9----2---------7----9-----9-\-7-\-6----7----9-----------|
A|-7----9----2---------7----9-----7-\-5-\-4----7----9-----------|
E|-5----7----0---------5----7------------------5----7-----------|

Bridge
   E5   B5   C#5  B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----4----6----4---------------------------------------------|
D|-9----4----6----4---------------------------------------------|
A|-7----2----4----2---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude
   A5   B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------(verse chords x2)----------------------------------|
D|-7----9-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----9-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5----7-------------------------------------------------------|

Outro
Guitar 1
                     A5   E5   B5  (x4)   A5   E5   B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------9-------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-7-7--6-6-7-7--7----9----9--------\-7----2----9-----------|
A|-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4--7----7----9--------\-7----2----9-----------|
E|-------------------5---------7--------\-5----0----7-----------|

Guitar 2
   E5   C#5  A5   E5   B5  (x4)   A5   E5   B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----6---------9---------------------------------------------|
D|-9----6----7----9----9--------\-7----2----9-------------------|
A|-7----4----7----7----9--------\-7----2----9-------------------|
E|-----------5---------7--------\-5----0----7-------------------|


Order

Verse 1
Chorus 1
Bridge (x2, 1 guitar)
Verse 2
Chorus 2
Bridge (x4)
Interlude
Verse chords x2, no lyrics
Chorus 2 (palm mute until walkdown)
Outro


Lyrics

Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
All at once
		                     (Verse 1)
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               (Chorus)
I think I'm crackin up
Am I just parananoid
Am I just stoned

(Bridge)

I went to a shrink
To analyse my dreams
He said it's lack of sex
That's bringin me down
				     (Verse 2)
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whinin
Cuz it's bringin her down

(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Interlude)
(Chorus)