warren zevon – basket case ( album : my ride’s here )
tabbed by; pj

intro
G – D# x2

G A# D#
my baby is a basket case
G A# F
a bipolar mama in leather and lace
A# C
face like an angel – – she’s a perfect waste
D# F G
my baby is a basket case

G – D# x2

G A# D#
dracula’s daughter , calamity jane
G A# F
smoke on the water , water on the brain
A# C
she’s pretty as a picture – – and totally crazed
D# F G
my baby is a basket case

F G
she’s gonna make a madman outta me
F G
she’s gonna make a madman outta me

G – D# x2

she’s manic – depressive and schizoid , too
the friskiest psycho that i ever knew
we’re paranoid lovers lost in space
my baby is a basket case

my baby’s gonna celebrate
i’m being dragged through the nuthouse gates
got my straitjacket on and i’m taking her place
my baby is a basket case

she finally made a madman outta me
she finally made a madman outta me
my baby made a madman outta me
she finally made a madman outta me