Artist: Green Day
Song: Basket Case
Album: Dookie (1994)
Bassist: Mike Dirnt

Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb (1 semitone lower)

Key:
~  Let Ring
h  Hammer-on
p  Pull-off

This is an update on my previous tab of this song, i hope it helps you guys....


Intro: Guitar only

1st Chorus:

|------------------------------------------------------------9h11p9~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----5--4---4-4-4----------------------------------7~--------------|
|-------------------0-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7-0-------------------|

Verse: x2

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4h6--------------------|
|-----------2--2-2--2-2-2-0-4--4--4------------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-----------------------------4--4-4--4-4-4-0-5--|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------7--7-7--7-7-7h9-----------------------------|
|-5--5-5------------------7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|

Main Chorus:

x3                               1st & 2nd time only 
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|-7--7--0h7-0h7--7-7--|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7-0-|---------------------|

1st time end    2nd time end    3rd time end (on "i think im cracking up")
|----------|   |-------|      |--------------------|
|-7p6-6-9--|   |-6h7p6-|      |--------------------|
|----------|   |-------|      |--7----5--4---4-4-4-|
|----------|   |-------|      |--------------------|

                                  
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-0-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--7-7--7-7-7---|

   Pre Verse x4
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-7h9p7---------------|
|-------7-7--9-9--7-7-|


Bridge: ("Grasping to Control....")

|---------------------------------------------------|---------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---7h9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-0-------|

Verse

Main Chorus

Outro: x3

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7--7--7-0h2--4--4--4--------7-7-7---------------|
|----------------------2h4-5--------7--7--7-7-7-7-|

  Last Time Only
|------------------|
|------------------|
|----------2~------|
|--5---0-----------|

I've worked on this for a long time, and it works well for my band,
i hope it works for yours. Gmullen01@hotmail.com
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