INTRO A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 VERSE A5 G5 D5 I don't want to talk about it to you A5 G5 D5 I'm not an open book that you can rifle through A5 B5 G5 E5 The cold hard truth that you'll see right to D5 A5 G5 I'm just a basket case without you A5 G5 D5 He's not a magic man or a perfect fit A5 G5 D5 But had a steady hand and I got used to it A5 B5 G5 E5 And a glass cage heart and invited me in D5 A5 G5 And now I'm just a basket case without him CHORUS D5 G5 You're begging for the truth G5 D5 ( G5 A5 ) So I'm saying it to you G5 I've been saving your place G5 And what good does it do D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case VERSE A5 G5 D5 I don't say much and it'll stay that way A5 G5 D5 You got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you lay A5 B5 G5 E5 So I'll stay right here underneath you D5 A5 G5 I'm just a basket case and that's what we do CHORUS D5 G5 You're begging for the truth G5 D5 ( G5 A5 ) So I'm saying it to you D5 G5 I've been saving your place G5 And what good does it do D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case BRIDGE D5 Won't somebody come on in and tug at my seams A5 Oh send your armies in of robbers and thieves B5 G5 D5 G5 A5 B5 A5 To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore CHORUS D5 G5 You're begging for the truth G5 D5 (G5 A5 ) So I'm saying it to you D5 G5 I've been saving your place G5 And what good does it do D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case D5 A5 G5 Now I'm just a basket case