I've seen a lot of posts for this song, and others by Green Day. The main thing to remember is that Green Day's music is based upon the power (barre) cords. They are really easy to play once you know these. Many don't know what I mean, so: E--X-- E--X-- B--X-- B--10-- G--2-- is a barre cord. For one octave higher G--10-- D--3-- Just go to the A string D--10-- A--3-- and move up 7 frets from A--8-- E--1-- the same position, yet E--X-- the B string one fret to compensate for the Half-step differential.
(Often, only the first three strings are played in the chord) One of the easiest ways for me to crank the cords on the A string without disturbing the E is to gently mute the E with the tip of my index finger while holding the cord. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Basket Case" (I don't have time to type out the rythym, so that is up to you) Chord Progression: E--X-------X-------X-------X-------X-------X-------X-- B--X-------X-------X-------X-------X-------X-------X-- G--8-------X-------5-------X-------X-------8-------X-- D--8-------8-------5-------5-------6-------8-------8-- A--6-------8-------3-------5-------6-------6-------8-- E--X-------6-------X-------3-------4-------X-------6-- Do you..Time to..Listen..Whine..About...Everyth..once ..I.am....Those....Melodra.Fools..Neurot...Bone....It
I don't know if this is at Nevada or not. Everytime I try to get in, there's no room. So I apologize for wasting people's time if it is in there. ==================================================================