Basin Street Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][E]
[Bb][Bdim][G][Bdim]
[Bb][Eb][F][Em]
[G]
[Bb]Won't you come along with

[Verse 1]
[Eb]me
To [Fm]the Mississippi
[Gbdim]We'll take a boa[Gm]t to the land
of dreams
[Eb]Steam [Fm]down[Gbdim] the[Gm][Eb][Gbdim][Fm]
[Bb]river, down to[Eb][Bb][Eb]
[Fm]New Orleans
[Eb][Ab][Fm][Eb][C]

[Verse 2]
[C]
[Bb]The band's there to meet us
Old friends [Eb]there to greet us
Where all the proud and elite
[F]folks [Dm]meet
Heaven on earth,
[G]they call it Basin [C]Street[Db]
[C]Basin Street is the

[Verse 3]
[F]street[Faug]
[Fm]Where the best folks always [Bdim]meet
In [Gm]New Orleans,
[G]land [Fm]of dr[Fdim]eams[Bdim]
[Eb]You'll never know [G]how
[Db]nice it seems,
Or just [C]how much it really means

[Verse 4]
Glad to [C]be, oh yes- sirree
[F]Where welcome's free and [Bb]dear to [Eb]me[C]
[Fm][F][E][Eb]
[G]
[C]
[Db][C][F]
[Fm][Fdim][Abdim][Gm][Gbdim]
[Fm][Bb][E][Eb]
[Cm]Where I [Dm]can[G][C]
[Gm]lose[Db], lose my[C]
[F][Fm]
[Fdim]Basin St[Eb]reet[Gdim][C]
Blues
[Fm]Basin

[Verse 5]
[Db]Street, oh Basin [Fm]Street
[C]Is the street,
[Edim]mama[C][F][Ddim][Eb]
New Orleans, land of dreams