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 (x02220@1)           GI (320003@1)don't want to talk 
            Dabout (xx0232@1)it to you
    AI'm (x02220@1)not an open book 
         G (320003@1)       Dthat (xx0232@1)you can rifle through
    AThe (x02220@1)cold hard truth 
            Bm (x24432@1)      Gthat (320003@1)you'll see right to
Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1) I'm just basket 
    A (x02220@1)         Gcase (320003@1)without you

Verse 2:
           AHe's (x02220@1)not a magic man 
     G (320003@1)     Dor (xx0232@1)a perfect fit
           ABut (x02220@1)had a steady hand 
          G (320003@1)       Dand (xx0232@1)I got used to it
      AAnd (x02220@1)a glass cage 
            Bm (x24432@1)     Gheart (320003@1)and invited me in
Em (022000@1) And now I'm just a 
D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)         Gbasket (320003@1)case without him

Chorus 1:
D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1) You're begging for the truth
Gm (355333@1)                     D (xx0232@1) So I'm saying it to you
D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1) I've been saving your place
         Gm(hold)
And what good does it do?
               D (xx0232@1)        AG
Now I'm just a basket case
               D (xx0232@1)        AG
Now I'm just a basket case

Verse 3:
  AI (x02220@1)don't say much and 
       G (320003@1)         Dit'll (xx0232@1)stay that way
        AYou (x02220@1)got a steel train touch 
               G (320003@1)          Dand (xx0232@1)I'm just a track you lay
         A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)       GSo (320003@1)I'll stay right here underneath you
Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1) I'm just a basket case and that what we do

Chorus 2:
D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1) You're begging for the truth
Gm (355333@1)                     D (xx0232@1) So I'm saying it to you
D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1) I've been saving your place
         Gm(hold)
And what good does it do?
               D (xx0232@1)        AG
Now I'm just a basket case

Bridge:
               DWon't (xx0232@1)somebody come on 
in and tug at my seams?
             AOh (x02220@1)send your armies in 
of robbers and thieves
              BmTo (x24432@1)steal the state I'm 
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)           Em (022000@1)ABm A/C# (042220@1)             
in I don't want it anymore

Chorus 3:
D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1) You're begging for the truth
Gm (355333@1)                     D (xx0232@1) So I'm saying it to you
D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1) I've been saving your place
         Gm(hold)
And what good does it do?
               D (xx0232@1)        AG
Now I'm just a basket case
               D (xx0232@1)        AG
Now I'm just a basket case
               D (xx0232@1)        AG
Now I'm just a basket case
               D (xx0232@1)        AG(hold) (x02220@1)Now I'm just a basket case