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].
