Chord Guitar Green Day - Basket Case
G D Em Bm
Do you have the time to listen to me whine
C G D
About nothing and everything all at once
G D
I am one of those
Em Bm
Melodramatic fools
C G
Neurotic to the bone
D
No doubt about it
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Am C
Take the time just to listen
F E
When the voices screaming are much too loud
Am C
Take a look in the distance
F E
Try and see it all
Am C
Chances are that you might find
F E
That we share a common discomfort now
Am C
I feel I'm walking a fine line
F E
Tell me only if it's real
Dm C G
Still I'm on my way
G
(On and on it goes)
Dm C G E
Vacant hope to take
Am
Hey!
E F E F G
I can't live in here for another day
Am E F E
Darkness has kept the light concealed
F E G F
Grim as ever
Am E F E F G
Hold on to faith as I dig another grave
Am E F E
Meanwhile the mice endure the wheel
E
Real as ever
E Am
And it seems I've been buried alive!
C F E
Am C
I walk the fields through the fire
F E Am
Taking steps until I found solid ground
C
Followed dreams, reaching higher
F E
Couldn't survive the fall
Am C
Much has changed since the last time
F E Am
And I feel a little less certain now
C
You know I jumped at the first sign
F E
Tell me only if it's real
Dm C G
Memories seem to fade
G
(On and on it goes)
Dm C G E
Wash my view away
Am
Hey!
E F E F G
I can't live in here for another day
Am E F E
Darkness has kept the light concealed
F E G F
Grim as ever
Am E F E F G
Hold on to faith as I dig another grave
Am E F E
Meanwhile the mice endure the wheel
F E G F E
Real as ever
F E G F
And I'm chained like a slave
E
Trapped in the dark
E
Slammed all the locks
E
Death calls my name
F E G F
And it seems I've been buried alive!
Am C Dm G
Am C Dm F E G F
Am C Dm G
Am C Dm F E G F
Am F
Am F
Am F
Am F
Am Abm G F# F
E
x7
E G F# F E
E
Take you down now
E
Burn it all out
E
Throw you all around
E G F# F
Get your fuckin' HANDS OFF ME!
E
What's it feel like?
E
Took the wrong route
E
Watch it fall apart
E G F# F E
Now you're knockin' AT THE WRONG GATE!
Ab Am B
For you to pay the toll
Am B C
A price for you alone
Ab Am B
The only deal you'll find
Am B C
I'll gladly take your soul
E
While it seems sick
E
Sober up quick
E E
Psycho lunatic crushing you with
G F# F
HANDS OF FATE!
E
Shame to find out
E
When it's too late
E
But you're all the same
E G F# F E
Trapped inside INFERNO AWAITS!
Ab Am B
Evil thoughts can hide
Am B B
I'll help release the mind
Ab Am B
I'll peel away the skin
Am B C
Release the dark within
E G F# G E
This is now your life
E G F# G E
Strike you from the light
E G F# G E
This is now your life
E G F# G E
Die, buried alive
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Intro:
Cm
Eb, Cm X2
Cm
C Ab
House full of roses, a letter on the stairs
C Ab
A tape full of messages for anyone who cares
Bb Ab
Collage of broken words, and stories full of tears,
Bb Ab
Remembering your life, 'cause we wish that you were here
C Ab
Nothing is harder than to wake up all alone,
C Ab
Realize it's not OK, it's the end of all you've known
Bb Ab
Time keeps passing by, but it seems I'm frozen still,
Bb Ab
Scars are left behind, but some too deep to feel
D5-C5-Bb5-C (2X)
Verse:
D5 F5-C5
Give me your hand, (Conceived and born was one of light)
Bb5 F5 C5/E
blood is spilt and man will follow
D5 F5-C5
infernal man, (Rain and dark, the other born black night)
Bb5 F5 C5/E
punishment too great to bear