Basin Street Blues
Words & Music by Spencer Williams, 1926
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1928

G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)   G7 (320001@1)Cdim (2312xx@1)C (x32010@1)   CDm7 (x32010@1)CdimC         
Won't you come along with me

C (x32010@1)       Dm7         C7 (x32310@1) G7+5 (3x3443@1)    C (x32010@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)G7+5Down (3x3443@1)that Mis - sis - sip - pi;

C (x32010@1)          C7 (x32310@1)         F (133211@1)     FmWe'll (133111@1)take a boat to the land of dreams,

C (x32010@1)   G/B (143121@7)     Am7 (x02010@1)Bb9 (x1011x@1)   G7 (320001@1)   C (x32010@1)  GSteam (320003@1)down the river down to New Orleans.

C (x32010@1)    G7 (320001@1)     Cdim (2312xx@1)C (x32010@1)   CDm7 (x32010@1)CdimC
The band's there to greet us,

C (x32010@1)   C7 (x32310@1)        G7 (320001@1) G7+5 (3x3443@1)    C (x32010@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)G7+5Old (3x3443@1)friends will meet us,

C (x32010@1)       C7 (x32310@1)   F (133211@1)     FmWhere (133111@1)all people like to meet

C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1) Am7 (x02010@1)    Am7/G (302020@1)  G7 (320001@1)   C (x32010@1)    G7Heaven (320001@1)on earth, they call it Basin Street

C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1) E7Basin (020130@1)Street is the street

A7 (x02020@1)       A7/9 A (x02220@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    
Where the elite always meet --

D (xx0232@1)     Am7 (x02010@1) D9      G7In (320001@1)New Orleans, land of dreams

C9 (x3233x@1)  C (x32010@1)     Cm7      CdimYou'll (2312xx@1)never know how nice it seems

Dm7      Em7     F7 (131241@1)   G7Or (320001@1)just how much it really means.

C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1) E7Glad (020130@1)to be, yessiree,

A7 (x02020@1)     A7/9   A (x02220@1)    A7Where (x02020@1)welcomes free, dear to me,

F (133211@1)    Dm7 G7 (320001@1) G7/6  G7 (320001@1)G7/6    C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)FFm Bb9 (x1011x@1)CWhere (x32010@1)I can lose    my Ba - sin Street Blues.