Basin Street Blues Chords
by Carol Sloane
Basin Street Blues by Carol Sloane is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm7, C7, G7/13-, Bb, G7, Cdim, F, Fm, G/B, Am7, Bb9, G, Fm7, C/B, Am7/G, E7, A7, A7/9, A, D, D9, C9, C7M, Em7, F7 and G7/13. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Introdução: C Dm7 C7 G7/13- C Bb G7/13-
G7 C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
Won't you come along with me
C Dm7 C7 G7/13- C Bb G7/13-
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 Cdim C Dm7 Cdim C
The band's there to greet us
C C7 G7 G7/13- C Bb G7/13-
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 Cdim
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 Bb9 C
Where I can lose my Basin Street Blues