----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sara Bareilles- Basket Case ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Nick Email: nharper3662@gmail.com Tuning:DADGAD This song can be played in regular tuning, but DADGAD is what i hear it to be in the and it just has a fuller sound anyways. PLEASE comment if you have something to change or add. The chords played in this song might be different than what you may think they are, so put the chords up before as a reference. there are also some chord variations- one may easier in one part of the song, while the other may be more useful in a different progression. in the chorus, there is a *climb* before "i've been saving your place." it's shown below D or D G2 Aadd4 or Aadd4 Emin9add11 Bmin7 Gminadd9 A7/C# D|--0---0-----0----0-------0--------0--------- 0------0--------0--| A|--0---0-----0----4-------0--------0--------- 0------0--------4--| G|--7---2-----4----2-------6--------0--------- 4------3--------2--| D|--4---4-----5----2-------7--------4--------- 4------5--------2--| A|--0---0-----5----2-------7--------2--------- 2------5--------4--| D|--0---0-----5----x-------7--------2---------x------ 5--------x--| *CLIMB* D (Keep strumming open D over transitions) D|---0-------0-| A|---0-------0-| G|---2/4/6---2-| D|---4/5/7---4-| A|---0-------0-| D|---0-------0-| VERSE 1 Aadd4 G2 DI (xx0232@1)don't want to talk about it to you Aadd4 G2 DI'm (xx0232@1)not an open book that you can rifle through Aadd4 Bm7 (x20202@1) G2 Emin9add11 The cold hard truth that you'll see right to D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 I'm just a basket case without you Aadd4 G2 DHe's (xx0232@1)not a magic man or a perfect fit Aadd4 G2 DBut (xx0232@1)had a steady hand and I got used to it Aadd4 Bm7 (x20202@1) G2 Emin9add11 And a glass cage heart and invited me in D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 And now I'm just a basket case without him CHORUS D (xx0232@1) G2 You're begging for the truth Gminadd9 D (xx0232@1) *Climb* So I'm saying it to you G2 I've been saving your place Gminadd9 And what good does it do D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 Now I'm just a basket case D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 Now I'm just a basket case VERSE 2 CHORUS 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 Bm7 (x20202@1) G2 D(opt (xx0232@1)/F#) G2 Bm7 A7/C# To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore CHORUS D (xx0232@1) G2 You're begging for the truth Gminadd9 D*climb* (xx0232@1)So I'm saying it to you D (xx0232@1) G2 I've been saving your place Gminadd9 And what good does it do D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 Now I'm just a basket case D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 Now I'm just a basket case D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 Now I'm just a basket case D (xx0232@1) Aadd4 G2 Now I'm just a basket case Verse 2 I don't say much and it'll stay that way You've got a steel train touch, and i'm just a track you lay. So i'll just stay right here underneath you. I'm just a basket case, that's what we do. ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ************************************
