Key: C
Introduction:
G7 C G7 Cº C Dm7 Cº C
Won't you come along with me
Dm7 C7 G7 C Bb G7
Down that Mississippi
C C7 F Fm
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
C G/B Am7 Bb9 G7 C G
Steam down the river down to New Orleans.
C G7 Cº C Dm7 Cº C
The band's there to greet us
C C7 G7 C Bb G7
Old friends will meet us
C C7 F Fm7
Where all people like to meet
C C/B Am7 Am7/G G7 C G7
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
C C/B E7
Basin Street is the street
A7 A7(9) A A7
Where the elite always meet
D Am7 D9 G7
In New Orleans, land of dreams
C9 C C7M Cº
You'll never know how nice it seems
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7
Or just how much it really means
C C/B E7
Glad to be, yessiree
A7 A7(9) A A7
Where welcomes free, dear to me
F Dm7 G7 G7(13) G7 G7(13) C F Fm Bb7(9) C
Where I can lose my Basin Street Blues
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