Basket Case (Demo Track 4)
Green Day
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Tom : G
[Intro] E5 C5 G5 D5
E5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 G5 D5
Hear the sound of the falling rain
E5 C5 G5 B5 E5
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
C5
The shame
G5 D5 B5
The ones who died without a name
E5 C5 G5 D5
Hear the dogs howling out of key
E5 C5 G5 B5 E5
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
C5 G5 D5 B5
And bleed, the company lost the war today
E5 C5 G5 D5
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Em5 C5 G5 B5
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
( E5 C5 G5 D5 )
( E5 C5 G5 D5 )
E5 C5 G5 D5
Hear the drum pounding out of time
E5 C5 G5 B5 E5
Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey!)
C5 G5 D5 B5
To find, the money's on the other side
E5 C5 G5 D5
Can I get anotheramen?amen!)
E5 C5 G5 B5 E5
There's a flag wrapped around the score of men (Hey!)
C5 G5 D5 B5
A gag, A plastic bag on a monument
E5 C5 G5 D5
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
Em5 C5 G5 B5
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
[Solo 2x]
B|-17---17---17---17----17---17---17---17----18~-----------------(18)-----------------|
D5 B5 E5
Is not a way that's meant for me
B5 E5
Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!
E5 C5 G5 D5
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
E5 C5 G5 B5
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
E5 C5 G5 D5
This is our lives on holiday
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