Sara Bareilles – Basket Case chords
Chords:
INTRO A Gsus2 D A Gsus2 D VERSEA Gsus2 D I don't want to talk about it to youA Gsus2 D I'm not an open book that you can rifle throughA Bm7 Gsus2 Em7 The cold hard truth that you'll see right toD A Gsus2 I'm just a basket case without youA Gsus2 DHe's not a magic man or a perfect fitA Gsus2 D But had a steady hand and I got used to itA Bm7 Gsus2 Em7 And a glass cage heart and invited me inD A Gsus2And now I'm just a basket case without himCHORUSD Gsus2 You're begging for the truthGm D (G/D A/D) So I'm saying it to youGsus2 I've been saving your placeGm And what good does it doD A Gsus2Now I'm just a basket caseD A Gsus2 Now I'm just a basket caseVERSEA Gsus2 D I don't say much and it'll stay that wayA Gsus2 DYou got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you layA Bm7 Gsus2 Em7 So I'll stay right here underneath youD A Gsus2I'm just a basket case and that's what we doCHORUSD Gsus2 You're begging for the truthGm D (G/D A/D) So I'm saying it to youD Gsus2 I've been saving your placeGm And what good does it doD A Gsus2 Now I'm just a basket caseBRIDGED Won't somebody come on in and tug at my seamsA Oh send your armies in of robbers and thievesBm Gsus2 D/F# Gsus2 A Bm7 A7/C#To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymoreCHORUSD Gsus2 You're begging for the truthGm D (G/D A/D) So I'm saying it to youD Gsus2 I've been saving your placeGm And what good does it doD A Gsus2 Now I'm just a basket caseD A Gsus2 Now I'm just a basket caseD A Gsus2 Now I'm just a basket caseD A Gsus2 Now I'm just a basket caseNOTE: 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.