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Basket Case by Green Day

Guitar tab submitted by: luke1010
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Performed by:Green Day
Composers: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright, Michael Pritchard

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Band - Green Day
Song - Basket Case

hey, here is basically my corretions to my origonal tab but
for some reason the system wouldnt let me modify my tab, so here we go again.

tuned down half a step

/ - slide towards the bridge
PM xxx - palm mute.
~ - let ring, the more ~ the longer u let ring.
i woched tha video 2 get most my corrections!! so i hope its now right :D

LOADS OF THANKS TO GDAY21 FOR THE LATER CORRECTIONS!!

intro - you can hear not all of it is palm muted,listen to the song for the patterns, cuz i aint
tabbed out when not to palm mute.

eb|-------------------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------
Gb|-999999----------666666------------------999999--------
Db|-999999--999999--666666--666666--777777--999999--999999
Ab|-777777--999999--444444--666666--777777--777777--999999
Eb|---------777777----------444444--555555----------777777
PM  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-999999----------666666------------------999999--------| x1
Db|-999999--999999--666666--666666--777777--999999--999999|
Ab|-777777--999999--444444--666666--777777--777777--999999|
Eb|---------777777----------444444--555555----------777777|
PM  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx

chorus
eb|-----------------------|      eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|      Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|-222222--444444--444444| x2   Gb|-222222--444444--99-77-666666----------------| x1
Db|-222222--444444--222222|      Db|-222222--444444--99-77-666666--777777--999999|
Ab|-000000--222222--------|      Ab|-000000--222222--77-55-444444--777777--999999|
Eb|-----------------------|      Eb|-------------------------------555555--777777|
PM  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx           xxxxxx  xxxxxx

eb|----------------|
Bb|----------------|
Gb|-999-----666-444| x2
Db|-999-999-666-444|
Ab|-777-999-444-222|
Eb|-----777--------|


verse
eb|-------------------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------
Gb|---------444444--666666------------------999999--------
Db|-222222--444444--666666--666666--777777--999999--999999
Ab|-222222--222222--444444--666666--777777--777777--999999
Eb|-000000------------------444444--555555----------777777

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-999999----------666666------------------999999--------| x1
Db|-999999--999999--666666--666666--777777--999999--999999|
Ab|-777777--999999--444444--666666--777777--777777--999999|
Eb|---------777777----------444444--555555----------777777|

chorus
eb|-----------------------|      eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|      Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------999999| x2   Gb|-----------------99-77-666666----------------| x1
Db|-777777--999999--999999|      Db|-777777--999999--99-77-666666--777777--999999|
Ab|-777777--999999--777777|      Ab|-777777--999999--77-55-444444--777777--999999|
Eb|-555555--777777--------|      Eb|-555555--777777----------------555555--777777|

eb|----------------|     eb|---------------|
Bb|----------------|     Bb|---------------|
Gb|-999-----666-444| x4  Gb|-222222--444444| x1
Db|-999-999-666-444|     Db|-222222--444444|
Ab|-777-999-444-222|     Ab|-000000--222222|
Eb|-----777--------|     Eb|---------------|
                         PM  xxxxxx

bridge

eb|-------------------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------
Gb|---------444444--666666------------------999999--------
Db|-222222--444444--666666--666666--777777--999999--999999
Ab|-222222--222222--444444--666666--777777--777777--999999
Eb|-000000------------------444444--555555----------777777

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-999999----------666666------------------999999--------| x1
Db|-999999--999999--666666--666666--777777--999999--999999|
Ab|-777777--999999--444444--666666--777777--777777--999999|
Eb|---------777777----------444444--555555----------777777|

chorus
eb|-----------------------|      eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|      Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------999999| x2   Gb|-----------------99-77-666666----------------| x1
Db|-777777--999999--999999|      Db|-777777--999999--99-77-666666--777777--999999|
Ab|-777777--999999--777777|      Ab|-777777--999999--77-55-444444--777777--999999|
Eb|-555555--777777--------|      Eb|-555555--777777----------------555555--777777|
PM  xxxxxx  xxxxxx  xxxxxx           xxxxxx  xxxxxx

ending part
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------999--------| x3
Db|-66-7777-66-7777--66--999--999999|
Ab|-66-7777-66-7777--66--777--999999|
Eb|-44-5555-44-5555--44-------777777|


eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------9--------------4~~~|
Db|-66-7777-66-7777--6--9--9~/----7--4--4~~~|
Ab|-66-7777-66-7777--6--7--9~/----7--4--2~~~|
Eb|-44-5555-44-5555--4-----7~/----5--2------|

there ya go, it should be right! NOW!!
any questions, email me at luke.clayson@btinternet.com PLZ RATE
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Comments on this version of the 'Basket Case' guitar tab

GDAY21GDAY21Unknown Date
alright dude .. you're really close ... i dn why i haven't posted my own but .. BASICALLY you're right unless you're like me and have an pbsession with playing the songs exactly like the band does .... the intro and the palme muted chours is off ...





INTRO





e-----------------------------------------------------


B-----------------------------------------------------


G--9------6------------------------------------------


D--9--9---6---6----7-------------------------(2x)-


A--7--9---4---6----7--------------------------------


E-----7-------4----5---------------------------------


PM__________________________________________________


^instead of a low E it's a high E





and the PM chours:





chorus 1 :


e----------------------------------------------------------B---------------------------------------------------------


G---2----4----4---- (2x)------4---2-----9---7---6----------


D---2----4----2---------------4---2-----9---7---6-----7--9


A---0----2--------------------2---0-----7---5---4-----7--9


E-----------------------------------------------------5--7-


PM________________________(____2nd part_________)





e------------------------------------------------------


B------------------------------------------------------


G---2----4---------------------------------------------


D---2----4---------------------------------------------


A---0----2---------------------------------------------


E------------------------------------------------------


PM_________


^the little (grasping to control..) part





you see Billie Joe likes to play open chords .. if you really listen you can tell the difference ... it's slight but it's there .. so dude i really liked ur tab

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