Basin Street Blues tab by Ray Charles

Tabs

Title: Basin Street Blues
Artist: Ray Charles
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)

Tuning: Standard
Time:  4/4
Tempo: Q=110

Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths (marked "+").
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.

Verse:                                C majorC
  C majorC  +    +    +    +     +    +    +    +     +    +    +    +
E MajorE|-------------------------3---3---|-0-------1-------2---3-----------|-8-------10------11--12----------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-----0-------0---------------0---|-----0-------0---------------0---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|-------------------------10------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-8-------10------11--------------|
              Won't you come a- long  with me,
                The  band's there to greet us,

    +    +  G+G  +    +   C majorC  Bb majorBb  G+G  +    +   C majorC  +    +      +
E MajorE|-8-------6---5---3---5-----------|-8----6----3---5-----------|-----8-----------8------------|
BB|---------------------------------|-8----6----3---------------|------------------------------|
G+G|-----0-----------------------0---|-9----7----4-----------4---|-0-----------0--------0---0---|
D MajorD|-------------------------0-------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|-------------------5-------|---------7------------7-------|
E MajorE|-8-------6-------3---------------|-8----6----3---------------|-8---------------8------------|
  down that Misissippi?                       We'll take a boat to the
  old   friends will meet us,                   Where  all people

    +    + DmDm  +    +   C majorC  +    +  G+G  +    +     +    + C majorC   +    +
E MajorE|-8-------8---10------------------|-8-------6---5---3---0---1---2---|-3---1---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------4---1-------------------|
G+G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----0---------------------------|---------------------0-------0---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|---------7---------------8-------|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|-8---------------10--------------|-8-------6-------3---------------|-3-------------------------------|
  land  of dreams,        steam  down the river, down to  New   Orleans.
  like  to meet          Heaven on earth, they call it  Bas-in Street.

Chorus:
  C majorC  +    + Cmaj7Cmaj7     E7E7 +    +        A7A7 +    + A7sus2
E MajorE|-0---0-------0-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|
BB|-1---1-------0-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|
G+G|-0---0-------0-------------|-1---1-------1-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|
D MajorD|---------2------------2----|---------0------------0----|---------2------------2----|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------|---------------------------|-0---------------0---------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|-0---------------0---------|---------------------------|
  Bas-in   Street     is the   street,     where the e-lite

  A augmentedA  +    + A7A7      D MajorD  +    + Am7Am7      D MajorD  +    + G6G6
E MajorE|-0---0-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|
BB|-2---2-------2-------------|-3---3-------1-------------|-3---3-------0-------------|
G+G|-2---2-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|
D MajorD|---------2------------2----|---------0------------2----|---------0------------0----|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------|-0---------------0---------|-0-------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------3---------|
  al- ways  meet.  In   New Orl-  eans,      land of   dreams, You'll

    +    +    +    +     +    +    +    +   C majorC  +    + Cmaj7Cmaj7
E MajorE|/10--10--8---8---7---7---5---5---|/8---8---7---7---5---5---3---3---|-0---0-------0-------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-1---1-------0-------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---0-------0-------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------2------------2----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------|
E MajorE|/10------8-------7-------5-------|/8-------7-------5-------3-------|---------------------------|
  never  know how nice it seems Or just how much it really means.  Glad to   be,

  E7E7 +    +        A7A7 +    + A7sus2    A augmentedA  +    + A7A7
E MajorE|-0---0-------0-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|
BB|-0---0-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|-2---2-------2-------------|
G+G|-1---1-------1-------------|-0---0-------0-------------|-2---2-------0-------------|
D MajorD|---------0------------0----|---------2------------2----|---------2------------2----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|-0---------------0---------|-0---------------0---------|
E MajorE|-0---------------0---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
  yes-sir-  ee,   Where welcomes  free,      dear to   me,   Where

  FF  +    + Dm7Dm7      G+G  +      +    +   C majorC  +    +    +    +
E MajorE|-1---1-------1-------------|-----3--------3---0-----------|---------------------------------|
BB|-1---1-------1-------------|-----0--------0---0---3---1---|---------------------------------|
G+G|-2---2-------2-------------|-----0--------0---0---0---0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|---------3------------0----|---------0--------------------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------0---------|----------------------2-------|-3-------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|-3------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
  I can    lose   my     Ba-   sin Street Blues.


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