Rivers Cuomo – Basket Case (Guitar)
Capo 1
• Video Lesson
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Speed:
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Chords
The B5, F#m and G sound best if they are played as power chords. Play a regular G and A in the chorus until
"am I just paranoid, am I just stoned", at that part (the last 2 lines) play the G and A as power chords.
This version is the same as when Rivers Cuomo of Weezer played it live.
[Verse 1]
D A B5 F#m Do you have the time to listen to me whine? G D A A About nothing and everything all at once D A I am one of those B5 F#m Melodramatic fools G D Neurotic to the bone A A No doubt about it
[Chorus]
G A D D Sometimes I give myself the creeps G A D D Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me G A It all keeps adding up D A F#m I think I'm cracking up G A Am I just paranoid? D Or am I just stoned?
[Verse 2]
D A I went to a shrink B5 F#m To analyze my dreams G D A A She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down D A I went to a whore B5 F#m He said my life's a bore G D A A So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down
[Chorus]
G A D D Sometimes I give myself the creeps G A D D Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me G A It all keeps adding up D A F#m I think I'm cracking up G A Am I just paranoid? D I'm just stoned
[Bridge]
G A Grasping to control
N.C
So I better hold on
[Musical Break] (played same as verse)
D A B5 F#m G D A A D A B5 F#m G D A A
[Chorus]
G A D D Sometimes I give myself the creeps G A D D Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me G A It all keeps adding up D A F#m I think I'm cracking up G A Am I just paranoid? D I'm just stoned