----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sara Bareilles- Basket Case ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Nick Email: nharper3662@gmail.com Tuning:DADGAD This song can be played in regular tuning, but DADGAD is what i hear it to be in the and it just has a fuller sound anyways. PLEASE comment if you have something to change or add. The chords played in this song might be different than what you may think they are, so put the chords up before as a reference. there are also some chord variations- one may easier in one part of the song, while the other may be more useful in a different progression. in the chorus, there is a *climb* before "i've been saving your place." it's shown below D or D G2 Aadd4 or Aadd4 Emin9add11 Bmin7 Gminadd9 A7/C# D|--0---0-----0----0-------0--------0--------- 0------0--------0--| A|--0---0-----0----4-------0--------0--------- 0------0--------4--| G|--7---2-----4----2-------6--------0--------- 4------3--------2--| D|--4---4-----5----2-------7--------4--------- 4------5--------2--| A|--0---0-----5----2-------7--------2--------- 2------5--------4--| D|--0---0-----5----x-------7--------2---------x------ 5--------x--| *CLIMB* D (Keep strumming open D over transitions) D|---0-------0-| A|---0-------0-| G|---2/4/6---2-| D|---4/5/7---4-| A|---0-------0-| D|---0-------0-| VERSE 1

I^Aadd4 don't want to ^G2talk about it to^D you I'm not ^Aadd4an open book that you can^G2 rifle ^Dthrough

Aadd4 Bm7 G2 Emin9add11 The cold hard truth that you'll see right to

I'm just a ^Dbasket case^Aadd4 without you ^G2

He's not a ^Aadd4magic man or a perf^G2ect fi^Dt But had a ^Aadd4steady hand and I got used^G2 to it^D

Aadd4 Bm7 G2 Emin9add11 And a glass cage heart and invited me in

And now I'm just a ^Dbasket ca^Aadd4se without him ^G2 CHORUS ^DYou're begging for th^G2e truth

Gminadd9 D *Climb* So I'm saying it to you

I've been saving your ^G2place And what ^Gminadd9good does it do

Now I'm just a ^Dbasket ca^Aadd4se ^G2 Now I'm just a ^Dbasket cas^Aadd4e ^G2

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 G2 D (opt /F#) G2

^Bm7To s^A7/C#teal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore CHORUS ^DYou're begging for the^G2 truth

Gminadd9 D *climb* So I'm saying it to you

^DI've been saving your ^G2place And what ^Gminadd9good does it do

Now I'm just a ^Dbasket case ^Aadd4 ^G2 Now I'm just a ^Dbasket case ^Aadd4 ^G2

Sara Bareilles - Basket case