Basket Case Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D (Keep strumming open D over transitions)

Verse 1

 IAadd4 don't want to Gadd9talk about it toD you

 I'm not Aadd4an open book that you canGadd9 rifle Dthrough

  Aadd4 Bm7 Gadd9 Emin9add11

The cold hard truth that you'll see right to

 I'm just a Dbasket caseAadd4 without you Gadd9

 He's not a Aadd4magic man or a perfGadd9ect fiDt

 But had a Aadd4steady hand and I got usedGadd9 to itD

  Aadd4 Bm7 Gadd9 Emin9add11

And a glass cage heart and invited me in

 And now I'm just a Dbasket caAadd4se without him Gadd9

Chorus

DYou're begging for thGadd9e truth

Gminadd9 D *Climb*

So I'm saying it to you

 I've been saving your Gadd9place

 And what Gminadd9good does it do

 Now I'm just a Dbasket caAadd4se Gadd9

 Now I'm just a Dbasket casAadd4e Gadd9

VERSE 2

Chorus

Bridge

 Won't somebody Dcome on in and tug at my seams

 Oh send your Aarmies in of robbers and thieves

  Bm7 Gadd9 D (opt /F♯) Gadd9

Bm7To sA7/C♯teal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore

Chorus

DYou're begging for theGadd9 truth

Gminadd9 D *climb*

So I'm saying it to you

DI've been saving your Gadd9place

 And what Gminadd9good does it do

 Now I'm just a Dbasket case Aadd4 Gadd9

 Now I'm just a Dbasket case Aadd4 Gadd9

 Now I'm just a Dbasket case Aadd4 Gadd9

 Now I'm just a Dbasket case Aadd4 Gadd9

Verse 2

I don't say much and it'll stay that way

You've got a steel train touch, and i'm just a track you lay.

So i'll just stay right here underneath you.

I'm just a basket case, that's what we do.

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note