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Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong - Guitar Chords
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Basin Street Blues
Words & Music by Spencer Williams, 1926
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1928
G7 C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
Won't you come along with me
C Dm7 C7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Down that Mis - sis - sip - pi;
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 C Dm7 Cdim C
The band's there to greet us,
C C7 G7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Old friends will meet us,
C C7 F Fm
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 CM7 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 G7/6 G7 G7/6 C C F Fm Bb9 C
Where I can lose my Ba - sin Street Blues.
We also have 28 songs by Louis Armstrong
- A Kiss To Build A Dream On
- Baby Its Cold Outside
- Basin Street Blues
- Cabaret
- Cest Si Bon
- Cheek To Cheek
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
- Down By The Riverside
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- Go Down Moses
- Hello Dolly
- I Cant Give You Anything But Love
- I Get Ideas
- Ill Be Glad When Youre Dead You Rascal You
- In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
- Just A Gigolo
- Kiss Of Fire
- La Vie En Rose
- Mack The Knife
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- St James Infirmary
- Summertime
- The Home Fire
- Uncle Satchmos Lullaby
- We Have All The Time In The World
- What A Wonderful World
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- When Youre Smiling
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