{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2560887,"song":"Basket Case","artist":"Rivers Cuomo","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11515013-basket-case-chords-by-rivers-cuomo/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2560887?type=chord","rating":4.66921,"votes":10,"content":"Capo on 1st Fret\r\nThe B5, F#m and G sound best if they are played as power chords. Play a regular G and A in the chorus until\r\n\"am I just paranoid, am I just stoned\", at that part (the last 2 lines) play the G and A as power chords.\r\nThis version is the same as when Rivers Cuomo of Weezer played it live.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B5[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDo you have the time to listen to me whine?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbout nothing and everything all at once[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI am one of those[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B5[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMelodramatic fools[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNeurotic to the bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo doubt about it[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I give myself the creeps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes my mind plays tricks on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt all keeps adding up[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI think I'm cracking up[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAm I just paranoid?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr am I just stoned?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI went to a shrink[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B5[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo analyze my dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI went to a whore[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B5[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe said my life's a bore[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I give myself the creeps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes my mind plays tricks on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt all keeps adding up[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI think I'm cracking up[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAm I just paranoid?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm just stoned[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGrasping to control[/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nSo I better hold on\r\n\r\n[Musical Break] (played same as verse)\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I give myself the creeps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes my mind plays tricks on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt all keeps adding up[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI think I'm cracking up[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAm I just paranoid?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm just stoned[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 1st Fret\nThe B5, F#m and G sound best if they are played as power chords. Play a regular G and A in the chorus until\n\"am I just paranoid, am I just stoned\", at that part (the last 2 lines) play the G and A as power chords.\nThis version is the same as when Rivers Cuomo of Weezer played it live.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\nN.C\nSo I better hold on\n\n[Musical Break] (played same as verse)\nD A B5 F#m G D A A D A B5 F#m G D A A\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F#m","G","A","D","B5","Am","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}