Basket Case Chords & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles
Basket Case
guitar chords lyrics
INTRO
A Gsus2 D A Gsus2 D
VERSE
A Gsus2 D
I don't want to talk about it to you
A Gsus2 D
I'm not an open book that you can rifle through
A Bm7 Gsus2 Em7
The cold hard truth that you'll see right to
D A Gsus2
I'm just a basket case without you
A Gsus2 D
He's not a magic man or a perfect fit
A Gsus2 D
But had a steady hand and I got used to it
A Bm7 Gsus2 Em7
And a glass cage heart and invited me in
D A Gsus2
And now I'm just a basket case without him
CHORUS
D Gsus2
You're begging for the truth
Gm D (G/D A/D)
So I'm saying it to you
Gsus2
I've been saving your place
Gm
And what good does it do
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
VERSE
A Gsus2 D
I don't say much and it'll stay that way
A Gsus2 D
You got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you lay
A Bm7 Gsus2 Em7
So I'll stay right here underneath you
D A Gsus2
I'm just a basket case and that's what we do
CHORUS
D Gsus2
You're begging for the truth
Gm D (G/D A/D)
So I'm saying it to you
D Gsus2
I've been saving your place
Gm
And what good does it do
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
BRIDGE
D
Won't somebody come on in and tug at my seams
A
Oh send your armies in of robbers and thieves
Bm Gsus2 D/F# Gsus2 A Bm7 A7/C#
To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore
CHORUS
D Gsus2
You're begging for the truth
Gm D (G/D A/D)
So I'm saying it to you
D Gsus2
I've been saving your place
Gm
And what good does it do
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
D A Gsus2
Now I'm just a basket case
NOTE:
These chords are simplifications of the actual voicings.
Here is a description of what the actual guitar voicings are:
1) The first strum of the A major chord consists of the notes A and E, but the
subsequent strums are voiced like this: A-D-A-C#-D (more like a DMaj7/A without an F#).
2) The Gsus2 chord includes A B; the voicing is approximately: G-D-A-B-D.
3) The Em7 chord includes an A; the voicing is approx. E-B-G-A-D.
4) The Gm chord includes an A; the voicing is approx. G-D-A-Bb-D.
