{title: Basket case}
{artist: Green Day}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 178}
{key: Eb}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Eb]do you have the [Bb]time, to [Cm]listen to me [Gm]whine,
a[Ab]bout nothing and [Eb]everything all at [Bb]once?
[Eb]I am one of [Bb]those me[Cm]lodramatic [Gm]fools,
neu[Ab]rotic to the [Eb]bone, no doubt about [Bb]it
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[Ab] sometimes I [Bb]give myself the [Eb]creeps,
[Ab] sometimes my [Bb]mind plays tricks on [Eb]me,
it [Ab]all keeps adding [Bb]up, I [Eb]think I'm [Db]cracking [Cm]up
am [Ab]I just para[Bb]noid? am I just [Eb]stoned?
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
I [Eb]went to a [Bb]shrink to [Cm]analyze my [Gm]dreams
she [Ab]says it's lack of [Eb]sex that's bringing me [Bb]down
I [Eb]went to a [Bb]whore, he [Cm]said my life's a [Gm]bore
so [Ab]quit my whining [Eb]cause it's bringing her [Bb]down
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[Ab] sometimes I [Bb]give myself the [Eb]creeps,
[Ab] sometimes my [Bb]mind plays tricks on [Eb]me,
it [Ab]all keeps adding [Bb]up, I [Eb]think I'm [Db]cracking [Cm]up
am [Ab]I just para[Bb]noid? [Eb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Ab]grasping to con[Bb]trol, so I better hold [Eb]on
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Gm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Gm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Bb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[Ab] sometimes I [Bb]give myself the [Eb]creeps,
[Ab] sometimes my [Bb]mind plays tricks on [Eb]me,
it [Ab]all keeps adding [Bb]up, I [Eb]think I'm [Db]cracking [Cm]up
am [Ab]I just para[Bb]noid? am I just [Eb]stoned?
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
{end_of_part}