Chords with lyrics
Intro: C majorC Dm7Dm7 C7C7 G7/13- C majorC Bb majorBb G7/13-
G7G7 C majorC G7G7 CdimCdim C majorC C majorC Dm7Dm7 CdimCdim C majorC
Won't you come along with me
C majorC Dm7Dm7 C7C7 G7/13- C majorC Bb majorBb G7/13-
Down that Mississippi
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7 Bb9Bb9 G7G7 C majorC G+G
Steam down the river down to New Orleans
C majorC G7G7 CdimCdim C majorC Dm7Dm7 CdimCdim C majorC
The band's there to greet us
C majorC C7C7 G7G7 G7/13- C majorC Bb majorBb G7/13-
Old friends will meet us,
C majorC C7C7 FF Fm7Fm7
Where all people like to meet
C majorC C/BC/B Am7Am7 Am7/GAm7/G G7G7 C majorC G7G7
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
C majorC C/BC/B E7E7
Basin Street is the street
A7A7 A7/9 A augmentedA A7A7
Where the elite always meet
D MajorD Am7Am7 D9D9 G7G7
In New Orleans, land of dreams
C9C9 C majorC C7M CdimCdim
You'll never know how nice it seems
Dm7Dm7 E minor 7Em7 F7F7 G7G7
Or just how much it really means
C majorC C/BC/B E7E7
Glad to be, yessiree
A7A7 A7/9 A augmentedA A7A7
Where welcomes free, dear to me
FF Dm7Dm7 G7G7 G7/13 G7G7 G7/13 C majorC FF F minorFm Bb9Bb9 C majorC
Where I can lose my Basin Street Blues