I don't want to talk about it to you I'm not an open book that you can rifle through The cold hard truth that you'll see right to I'm just a basket case without you He's not a magic man or a perfect fit But had a steady hand and I got used to it And a glass cage heart and invited me in And now I'm just a basket case without him You're begging for the truth ( ) So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case I don't say much and it'll stay that way You got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you lay So I'll stay right here underneath you I'm just a basket case and that's what we do You're begging for the truth ( ) So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case BRIDGE Won't somebody come on in and tug at my seams A Oh send your armies in of robbers and thieves To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore You're begging for the truth ( ) So I'm saying it to you I've been saving 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 A major chord consists of the notes A and , but the