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Sara Bareilles
Basket Case
Kaleidoscope Heart
2010
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: D
Tuning: Drop D
Chords used: Drop D only
D - 000xxx
A - 777xxx
G - 555xxx
Bm - 999xxx
Em - 222xxx
Gm - 5553xx
D/F# - 454xxx
A/C# - x476xx
Chords used: for Standard EADGBe
D - xx0232
A - x02220
G - 320033
Bm - x24432
Em - 022000
Gm - 355333
D/F# - 2x023x
A/C# - x476xx
Intro: A--G--D- x2, D--
Verse 1:
A G
I don't want to talk
D
about it to you
A
I'm not an open book
G D
that you can rifle through
A
The cold hard truth
Bm G
that you'll see right to
Em D
I'm just basket
A G
case without you
Verse 2:
A
He's not a magic man
G D
or a perfect fit
A
But had a steady hand
G D
and I got used to it
A
And a glass cage
Bm G
heart and invited me in
Em
And now I'm just a
D A G
basket case without him
Chorus 1:
D Em
You're begging for the truth
Gm D
So I'm saying it to you
D Em
I've been saving your place
Gm(hold)
And what good does it do?
D A G
Now I'm just a basket case
D A G
Now I'm just a basket case
Verse 3:
A
I don't say much and
G D
it'll stay that way
A
You got a steel train touch
G D
and I'm just a track you lay
A Bm G
So I'll stay right here underneath you
Em D A G
I'm just a basket case and that what we do
Chorus 2:
D Em
You're begging for the truth
Gm D
So I'm saying it to you
D Em
I've been saving your place
Gm(hold)
And what good does it do?
D A G
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
To steal the state I'm
G D/F# Em A Bm A/C#
in I don't want it anymore
Chorus 3:
D Em
You're begging for the truth
Gm D
So I'm saying it to you
D Em
I've been saving your place
Gm(hold)
And what good does it do?
D A G
Now I'm just a basket case
D A G
Now I'm just a basket case
D A G
Now I'm just a basket case
D A G(hold)
Now I'm just a basket case