[Intro]

     


[Verse]

             
I don't want t

         
o talk about i

        
t to you
             
I'm not an ope

              
n book that yo

         
u can rifle th

                                
rough
             
The cold hard 

              
truth that you

           
'll see right 

                
to
             
I'm just a bas

             
ket case witho

                                
ut you

             
He's not a mag

            
ic man or a pe

    
rfect fit
             
But had a stea

              
dy hand and I 

             
got used to it
             
And a glass ca

             
ge heart and i

             
nvited me in
              
And now I'm ju

             
st a basket ca

             
se without him


[Chorus]

             
You're begging

                           
 for the truth
            
So I'm saying 

         (                    
it to you
              
I've been savi

                          
ng your place
            
And what good 

                            
does it do
              
Now I'm just a

             
 basket case
              
Now I'm just a

                           
 basket case


[Verse]

             
I don't say mu

             
ch and it'll s

          
tay that way
             
You got a stee

              
l train touch 

              
and I'm just a

         
 track you lay
             
So I'll stay r

           
ight here unde

             
rneath you
             
I'm just a bas

             
ket case and t

              
hat's what we 

 
do


[Chorus]

             
You're begging

                           
 for the truth
            
So I'm saying 

         (                
it to you
             
I've been savi

                           
ng your place
            
And what good 

                            
does it do
              
Now I'm just a

                           
 basket case


[Bridge]

              
Won't somebody

             
 come on in an

             
d tug at my se

ams
             
Oh send your a

              
rmies in of ro

            
bbers and thie

ves
             
To steal the s

        
tate I'm in I 

          
don't want it 

        
anymore


[Chorus]

             
You're begging

                           
 for the truth
            
So I'm saying 

         (                  
it to you
             
I've been savi

                          
ng your place
            
And what good 

                            
does it do
              
Now I'm just a

                           
 basket case
              
Now I'm just a

                      
 basket case
              
Now I'm just a

                     
 basket case
              
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  major chord consists of the notes  and , but the 
subsequent strums are voiced like this: ---- (more like a DMaj7/ without an ).
2) The  chord includes  ; the voicing is approximately: ----.
3) The  chord includes an ; the voicing is approx. ----.
4) The  chord includes an ; the voicing is approx. ----.