Sara Bareilles – Basket Case chords ver. 4

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


Verse 2:
           AHe's not a magic man 
     G       Dor a perfect fit
           ABut had a steady hand 
          G         Dand I got used to it
      AAnd a glass cage 
            Bm       Gheart and invited me in
Em  And now I'm just a 
D          A           Gbasket 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 GNow I'm just a basket case
               D          A GNow I'm just a basket case


Verse 3:
  AI don't say much and 
       G           Dit'll stay that way
        AYou got a steel train touch 
               G            Dand I'm just a track you lay
         A              Bm         GSo 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 GNow I'm just a basket case


Bridge:
               DWon't somebody come on 
in and tug at my seams?
             AOh send your armies in 
of robbers and thieves
              BmTo 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 GNow I'm just a basket case
               D          A GNow I'm just a basket case
               D          A GNow I'm just a basket case
               D          A G(hold)Now I'm just a basket case