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From: ascheng@netcom.com (Ed Cheng)
Subject: CRD: Green Day Song (not Longview)
I think I've got down all the chords to this Green Day song. Actually,
I don't even know the name of the song, I've just heard it on the radio
and on MTV and thought it was pretty cool. I'd appreciate it if someone
who has the album could finish up the rest and fill in the lyrics!
Ed
ascheng@netcom.com
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???, by Green Day
EADGBe
E: x79997
B: 799877
C#m: x46654
G#: 466544
A: 577655
Verse:
E B
Do you have the time
C#m G#
To listen to me whine
A E B
About nothin' and everything all at once
E B
I am one of those
C#m G#
melodramatic fools
A E B
moronic ... ??? ... no doubt about it
Chorus:
A B E
Sometimes I give myself the creeps (???)
A B E
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
A B
It all keeps adding up
E C#m
I think I'm cracking up
A B E B C#m A (<-- repeat these 4 chords a few times)
Am I just paranoid, or ... ???
(I think there's a bridge part too that uses the chords in this last line
of the chorus)
From alt.guitar.tab Tue Aug 2 19:55:48 1994
From: cunningh@gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Tom Cunningham)
Date: 2 Aug 94 10:18:29 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: Re: CRD: Green Day Song (not Longview)
Ed Cheng (ascheng@netcom.com) wrote:
: I think I've got down all the chords to this Green Day song. Actually,
: I don't even know the name of the song, I've just heard it on the radio
: and on MTV and thought it was pretty cool. I'd appreciate it if someone
: who has the album could finish up the rest and fill in the lyrics!
: Ed
: ascheng@netcom.com
: P.S. I hope this hasn't already been posted or placed at nevada.
: ---------------
: ???, by Green Day
: EADGBe
: E: x79997
: B: 799877
: C#m: x46654
: G#: 466544
: A: 577655
: Verse:
: E B
: Do you have the time
NO!!! You have to tune a half step down to play it like this. The chords
should all be a half step down from what is listed in the crd.
The last line in the chorus is
"I'm just stoned". However, I'm very unsure of what is posted for the
"I think I'm cracking up" line. My band plays it like
Eb F G <--- All Power chords
I think I'm cracking up
however, I know this doesn't sound right. Anyone have any other suggestions?
Here's the outro to Basketcase:
Eb Ab Eb C Ab C Ab Eb Bb <---- All power chords
You can also play it like this if the above is too fast for you:
Eb C Ab Eb Bb
Tom
-Someone posted this song before I could, but there seems to be somecontreversy about it. I hope this settles it!This is from Green Day's album DOOKIEBASKET_CASEVERSE:Eb Bb C GDo you have the time, to listen to me whineG# Eb BbAbout nothing and everything all at onceEb Bb C GI am one of those, mellodramatic fools G# Eb BbNeurotic to the bone no doubt about it.CHORUS:G# Bb EbSometimes I give myself the creepsG# Bb EbSometimes my mind plays tricks on meG# Bb Eb C# CIt all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking upG# Bb EbAm I just paranoid? I'm just stoned.Bridge?:Eb Bb C Bb Eb Bb C BbVerse:I went to a shrink to analyze my dreamsShe says it's lack of sex that's bringing me downI went to a whore, she said my life's a boreAnd quit my whining cause it's bringing her down._____________________________________________________________________________I think the chorus is screwed up, but you'll have to forgive me, it's from memory..
From: rvellani@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raymond Vellani)
Subject: CRD:basketcase greenday
E B
do you have the time
C#min G#
to listen to me whine
A E
about ?everything¬hing?
B
all at once
E B
i am one of those
C#min G#
melodramatic fools
A E
neurotic to the core
B
no doubt about it
A B E
sometimes i give myself the creeps
A B E
sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
A B
it all keeps adding up
E B C#min
i think i'm cracking up
A B E B C#min B x4(?)
am i just paranoid, or am i (?)
E B
i went to a whore etc.....
etc.......................
E B C#min B x4
A B
you ask me to control
(nada)
so you better hold?
E B C#min G# A E-lo E-HI bar B x2?
on?
A B E
sometimes i give myself the creeps (etc...)
outro
Esus4 Esus4/C# A E B x4
the guitar player pedals on a E to Esus4 figure while the bass player goes thru
the E-C#-A-E-B changes. for a satisfying armchair axe-warrior experience you
might try...
x7999x E
x79910x Esus4
9x999x E/C#
9x9910x Esus4/C#
the band either tunes down to Eb or tunes to D and then speeds up the tape to
make it more awesome. Dookie seems to be somewhere around Eb when you play it.
so while you can't play along with the record with this fingering, this is
probably the way they finger it.
the finale is... A E B
From: "Matthew E. Harvey"
The 'x' below denotes an accent. All the other notes on the intro are palm muted. The rhythm is probably totally incorrect.
E5 B5 C#5
e----------------|----------------|----------------------|
B----------------|----------------|----------------------|
G----------------|----------------|----------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----------------|----------------------|
A--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E----------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
x x x x x x x x x
' Do you have the time. To lis-ten to me
G#5 A5 E5
e----------------|----------------|----------------------|
B----------------|----------------|----------------------|
G----------------|----------------|----------------------|
D----------------|----------------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
E--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------|
x x x x x x x x x
whine. About nothing and everything all at
B5
e----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D----------------
A--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
E--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
x x x
once'
Thats the intro, probably totally wrong, but nevermind. I think he actually plays the chords 8 times in a bar instead of seven, but I can't be bothered to change it now (I don't have a tab program, and can't get one 'cos I have an archimedes).
Play the intro once again with the words below :-
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the
bone no doubt about it.
The next bit is just palm muted chords on the same pattern as above (can't be bothered to write it out again).
A5 B5
Sometimes I give myself the
E5
creeps.
A5 B5
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on
E5
me. It
A5 B5
all keeps adding up. I
E D C#5
Think I'm cracking up. Now am
A B
I just paranoid, or am I just stoned.
The next bit is just
E(7th fret) B C#m B E(7th fret) B C#m
The next bit is just a variant on the chords for the intro. Theres a standard strumming pattern, which isn't that difficult to work out. The chords are below :-
E(7th fret A) B(bar on 7th fret E) C#m(bar on ninth fret E)
G#m(bar on fourth fret E) A(fifth fret E) E(7th fret A) B(7th fret E)
That should be adequate, apart from the ending. It's all in Emajor and good to muck about on the chords with. I know the ending, and if anyone is desperate for it then just tell me and I'll EMail it to you.
--
Matt Harvey
EMail : harvey@harve.demon.co.uk
... It is better to be brief than boring.
--
Matt Harvey
EMail : harvey@harve.demon.co.uk
... Don't blame me! I just test the thing!
From: "Matthew E. Harvey"
Subject: TAB: Basket Case - Green Day
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 12:58:04 GMT
I had a few queries on the C#5 chord in the orginal tab.
C#5 is just a power chord at the fourth fret A string. Here it is tabbed out.
C#5
e-|-----|
B-|-----|
G-|--6--|
D-|--6--|
A-|--4--|
E-|-----|
In addition here is the ending as promised.
e-|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------|------x-x-9-9-x-4--4-4-4-|
D-|-6--6-7--7-7-7-6--6-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-x-x-9-9-x-4--4-4-4-|
A-|-7--7-7--7-7-7---------------|-7--7-x-x-7-7-x-2--2-2-2-|
E-|---------------9--9-9--9-9-9-|-5--5--------------------|
'stoned....................'
(fades away gradually)
Play that pattern 4 times (not necessarily exactly the same) and then play these chords. E5 in this case is the first three notes of Em.
A5 E5 B5
Those are the chords that finish the song.
Any flames or stuff, mail 'em to the address below, but I've played it like that ever since Dookie came out, so it's not likely to be wrong.
--
Matt Harvey
EMail : harvey@harve.demon.co.uk
... "Bother", said Pooh, as he sunk his twelfth Guinness
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