Sara Bareilles - Basket Case

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 – A# – D .