Rivers Cuomo

Basket Case

Rivers Cuomo


Tom: D

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