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Guitar Tab for Basket Case

Performed by: Green Day. Composed by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright, Michael Pritchard.
This song is published by W B MUSIC CORP, GREEN DAZE MUSIC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
Stop
Slower
Slow
Medium
Fast
Faster
Crazy
What is this?
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song: basket case
band: green day
album: dookie/international superhits
date: 5/8/03
tabber: Irishpunk01 (Des Foley)


intro/verse

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-99999999----------66666666-------------------99999999----------|
|-99999999-99999999-66666666-66666666-77777777-99999999-99999999-| x2
|-77777777-99999999-44444444-66666666-77777777-77777777-99999999-|
|----------77777777----------44444444-55555555----------77777777-|
 [pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm]


intro/chrous

|----------------------------|---|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---|---------------------|
|-------------------99999999-|---|---------------------|
|-77777777-99999999-99999999-|x2-|--77777777-99999999--|
|-77777777-99999999-77777777-|---|--77777777-99999999--|
|-55555555-77777777----------|---|--55555555-77777777--|
[pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm]


|--------------------------| <---- these are the exact
|--------------------------| number of strums but you 
|-99-77-5555---------------| may have your own way 
|-99-77-5555-777777-999999-| after you listen to the song.
|-77-55-3333-777777-999999-|
|------------555555-777777-|


pre verse

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-999-----666-----|
|-999-999-666-999-| x2
|-777-999-444-999-|
|-----777-----777-|


verse

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-99999999----------66666666-------------------99999999----------|
|-99999999-99999999-66666666-66666666-77777777-99999999-99999999-| x2
|-77777777-99999999-44444444-66666666-77777777-77777777-99999999-|
|----------77777777----------44444444-55555555----------77777777-|


chrous

|----------------------------|---|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---|---------------------|
|-------------------99999999-|---|---------------------|
|-77777777-99999999-99999999-|x2-|--77777777-99999999--|
|-77777777-99999999-77777777-|---|--77777777-99999999--|
|-55555555-77777777----------|---|--55555555-77777777--|


chrous continued

|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------|  
|-99-77-5555---------------|  
|-99-77-5555-777777-999999-| 
|-77-55-3333-777777-999999-|
|------------555555-777777-|


pre verse

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-999-----666-----|
|-999-999-666-999-| x4
|-777-999-444-999-|
|-----777-----777-|


bridge

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7777777777777777--9-9-9-99-|
|-7777777777777777--9-9-9-99-|
|-5555555555555555--7-7-7-77-|


solo

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------66666666-------------------99999999----------|
|-222222-999999-66666666-66666666-77777777-99999999-99999999-| x2
|-222222-999999-44444444-66666666-77777777-77777777-77777777-|
|-000000-777777----------44444444-55555555----------77777777-|


chrous

|----------------------------|---|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---|---------------------|
|-------------------99999999-|---|---------------------|
|-77777777-99999999-99999999-|x2-|--77777777-99999999--|
|-77777777-99999999-77777777-|---|--77777777-99999999--|
|-55555555-77777777----------|---|--55555555-77777777--|
[pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm]

|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------|  
|-99-77-5555---------------|  
|-99-77-5555-777777-999999-| 
|-77-55-3333-777777-999999-|
|------------555555-777777-|


outro

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------------------999--------|
|-777-8888-777-8888-77-999-999999-| x3
|-777-8888-777-8888-77-777-999999-|
|-555-6666-555-6666-55-----777777-|

finally

/ = slide down 
\\ = slide up
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------9---------------|
|-777-88-777-88-7-9-9---7-/-2-\\-9-|
|-777-88-777-88-7-7-9---7-/-2-\\-9-|
|-555-66-555-66-5---7---5-/-0-\\-7-|



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the song is legendary
making this tab legendary (well by default)







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best punk band ever.cant wait for new album in winter03 or spring04
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Comments on this version of the 'Basket Case' guitar tabComments on this version of the 'Basket Case' guitar tab

MarshallTimMarshallTim Unknown Date
He doesn't palm mute the whole time. He lifts off and thier is a pattern to it. He also doesn't play the chords the way you tabbed them.
DenominatorDenominator Unknown Date
shut up tim! noone gives a damn
theseksionetheseksione Unknown Date
this song sounds perfect this tim dude must be high, hes probably never even heard a greenday song. . .
BassyMcBass000BassyMcBass000 Unknown Date
yo tim is right he doesnt palm mute the whole time.
aerztefan182aerztefan182 Unknown Date
at the end its not 55665566





its 44554455
jetztjetzt Unknown Date
betterblink182 if green day aint punk rock wot r they.......DEATH METAL??? lol
Kenny15Kenny15 Unknown Date
Ok people here is the correct version of the outro, watch the video of this song (the one in the mental hospital, great vid):





Outro








eb----------------|----------------|------------------------|


Bb----------------|----------------|------------------------| X3


Gb----------------|----------------|------9-9-9-------------|


Db-6--6--7--7-7-7-|-6--6--7--7-7-7-|-7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-|


Ab-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-7-7--7-7-7-9--9-9--9-9-|


Eb----------------|----------------|-5-5--------7--7-7--7-7-|





eb----------------|----------------|------------------|


Bb----------------|----------------|------------------|


Gb----------------|----------------|------9-9-9-------|


Db-6--6--7--7-7-7-|-6--6--7--7-7-7-|-7-7--9-9-9-9~~~~-|


Ab-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-7-7--7-7-7-9~~~~-|


Eb----------------|----------------|-5-5--------7~~~~-|





eb----------------------|


Bb----------------------|


Gb----------------------|


Db-7-7---2~~~---/9~~~~~-|


Ab-7-7---2~~~---/9~~~~~-|


Eb-5-5---0~~~---/7~~~~~-|
555and666555and666 Unknown Date
this tab is cool but dude you dont need to palm mute all the way through the song. lots of others have said that.
jerrybolegweakjerrybolegweak Unknown Date
That "tim dude" isnt high he definitely DOES NOT plam mute the whole song





































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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