{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":986496,"song":"Basket Case","artist":"Sara Bareilles","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/986496-basket-case-chords-by-sara-bareilles/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/986496?type=chord","rating":4.738,"votes":67,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI don't want to talk about it to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Gsus2[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                               \r\nI'm not an open book that you can rifle through[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]Bm7[/ch]        [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]              \r\nThe cold hard truth that you'll see right to[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                          \r\nI'm just a basket case without you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Gsus2[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's not a magic man or a perfect fit[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nBut had a steady hand and I got used to it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]   \r\nAnd a glass cage heart and invited me in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Gsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm just a basket case without him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                    \r\nYou're begging for the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] ([ch]G[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch])                   \r\nSo I'm saying it to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                  \r\nI've been saving your place[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                               \r\nAnd what good does it do[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]\r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              \r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Gsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI don't say much and it'll stay that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]Gsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]        [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]     \r\nSo I'll stay right here underneath you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Gsus2[/ch]\r\nI'm just a basket case and that's what we do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                   \r\nYou're begging for the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] ([ch]G[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch])               \r\nSo I'm saying it to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                \r\nI've been saving your place[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                               \r\nAnd what good does it do[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]               \r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                         \r\nWon't somebody come on in and tug at my seams[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                          \r\nOh send your armies in of robbers and thieves[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Gsus2[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]A7/C#[/ch]\r\nTo steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                   \r\nYou're begging for the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] (G/[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]/D)                 \r\nSo I'm saying it to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                  \r\nI've been saving your place[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                               \r\nAnd what good does it do[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              \r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]         \r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]        \r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]        \r\nNow I'm just a basket case[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE:\r\nThese chords are simplifications of the actual voicings.\r\nHere is a description of what the actual guitar voicings are:\r\n\r\n1) The first strum of the [ch]A[/ch] major chord consists of the notes [ch]A[/ch] and [ch]E[/ch], but the \r\nsubsequent strums are voiced like this: [ch]A[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]-[ch]A[/ch]-[ch]C#[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch] (more like a DMaj7/[ch]A[/ch] without an [ch]F#[/ch]).\r\n2) The [ch]Gsus2[/ch] chord includes [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]; the voicing is approximately: [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]-[ch]A[/ch]-[ch]B[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch].\r\n3) The [ch]Em7[/ch] chord includes an [ch]A[/ch]; the voicing is approx. [ch]E[/ch]-[ch]B[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]-[ch]A[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch].\r\n4) The [ch]Gm[/ch] chord includes an [ch]A[/ch]; the voicing is approx. [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]-[ch]A[/ch]-[ch]Bb[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch].","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nA Gsus2 D A Gsus2 D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTE:\nThese chords are simplifications of the actual voicings.\nHere is a description of what the actual guitar voicings are:\n\n1) The first strum of the A major chord consists of the notes A and E, but the \nsubsequent strums are voiced like this: A-D-A-C#-D (more like a DMaj7/A without an F#).\n2) The Gsus2 chord includes A B; the voicing is approximately: G-D-A-B-D.\n3) The Em7 chord includes an A; the voicing is approx. E-B-G-A-D.\n4) The Gm chord includes an A; the voicing is approx. G-D-A-Bb-D.","chords":["A","Gsus2","D","Bm7","Em7","Gm","G","Bm","D/F#","A7/C#","E","C#","F#","B","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}