Band: Greenday
Song: Basket case (two string)
Album: Dookie
Tabbed by: James Lindsay
Tuning: E, A, D, G, B, e
 
Right, bored with playing basket case the normal way, cant be bothered taking your fingers off the same strings for a whole song? Well don’t fret here is my two string version of basket case! Don’t take a fit it is the truth, you can play this song with out taking your fingers off the fret board. I hope you like it.

Verse riff

|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8—-8—-8—-8--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Chorus 

Riff 1
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------| repeat 2 times
|----------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|

                                        Riff 2
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-13-13-11-10-10—
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-11-11-9—-8—-8--

----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-10-10-10-10-10-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
-8--8--8--8--8--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Bridge

|------------|---------|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|---------|
|-13--13-13--|-8--8-8--|-10—-10-10--|-8--8-8--|
|-11--11-11--|-6--6-6--|-8---8-—8---|-6--6-6--|

Palm muted part

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Outro

|--------------------|-------------------|-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-6-6-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11--|-8--8--8--8--8—8---|-4-4-|



|----------|---|
|----------|---|
|----------|---|
|----------|---|
|-13-13-13-|-8-|
|-11-11-11-|-6-|


Song order

Verse riff x 2 (palm muted)
Chorus riff 1 (palm muted)
Chorus riff 2 
Bridge x 2
Verse x 2
Chorus riff 1 
Chorus riff 2
Bridge x 4
Palm muted part (you guessed it, palm muted!)
Verse x 2
Chorus riff 1 (light palm mute)
Chorus riff 2 (light palm mute)
Outro x 4

Ok then, I hope that sounds smashing! Yes it is fairly pointless because there is already a great tab for this song here but I thought I would do it anyway. Rate it please. Cheeerz!

Jimmy