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{title: Basket case} {artist: Green Day} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 178} {key: Eb} {meta: author FWieP, 2026-05-13} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKjEdYrx9P0} {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_bridge: 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_bridge} {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}