Basin Street Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Com[C]e w[B]ith me w[Em]here
the skies [C]are [Am]sunny
[B]Where life is all[Em] milk an [C]d ho[F#]ney[Am]
[B]Where love and r[Am]o
[B]mance is all [Em]around
[C]Come with me to dear [F#]old New O[C]rleans
[Gdim]town[B][F#m][Fdim][F#m][B]
Won't you come [E]along with me to
[F#m]that M[F#]issi[E]ssippi,[F#m][E]
[F#m]well i[B]t's t[E]he place where
the [A]folks all [Bbdim]meet.
[E]Heaven on earth they call it [B]Basin Street.
All the gang[F#m]s there to [E]meet us
[F#m]an d o[E]ur ol[F#m]d frie[E]nds [F#m]to greet us[B].[E][F#m]
[B]Wel[E]l we'll take a boat
to the land [A]of dreams
and [Bbdim]we'll ste[E]am down the river
[B]down to New Orleans.
[E]Basin Street, [Ab]yes, that's the street
[C#]Where the elit[Fdim]e always m[D]eet[Ddim]
[C#]down in New Or[C#m]leans
[F#]The [F#m]land of dreams[B]
Why, you'll never know how
[Gdim]nice it seems
[F#dim]Or how much i[F#m]t real[B]ly means
[E]Man, I'm glad to be[Ab]
Oh, yes siree
Where [Fdim]the river runs dow[E]n to the sea[D]
[C#]An d[F#] where I can lose
[B]My Basin [Abm]Street ba[E]bies
[G]Oh,[F#m] here [B]I go[E][G][F#m][C][E]
[C][F#m][Gdim][G][E][G][C][B]
[E]Creole babies walkin' to and fro
[D]With a tan[G]talizi[C#]ng rhythm
from head to toe
They're swingin' [C]along with
[Cdim]a swing and [C]a sway
[B]She says, hello, [Gdim]chakri,
[F#]about a na[F#m]ps and frappe?[B]
[E]She [B]takes you [E]to a place
where the lights are [D]low
[C#]Whispers all the sweet
things you wanna know
[E]She tells you [A]where you don't
[Bbdim]have to be disc[B]reet
[E]Where you can [A]get the best [Bbdim]gumbo
that's [B]ready to [E]eat
And if you're [A]sitting there [Bbdim]later
there's [B]a c[E]hance y[C#]ou'll meet
May[F#m]be down on Bas[D]in Street
I mean me later[F#], later,
[Bbdim]later on [F#]Basin[B] Street[E][A][C]
[B]Oh yea[E]h