Key: C
Introduction: C
Dm7
C7
C
Bb
G7
C
G7
Cº
C
Dm7
Cº
C
Won't you come along with me
C
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
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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
Bb9
C
Where I can lose my Basin Street Blues