Basin Street Blues chords by Carol Sloane

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Caug
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Verse 1
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Dm 
Won't you come along with me
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Am 
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G 
Down the Mississippi
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We'll take a boat to
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the land of dreams
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Down the river to New Orleans
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E 
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A band's there to meet us
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Old friends to greet us
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Fdim 
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C 
Where welcome street
Caug 
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G# 
all    my people meet
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G 
C 
Am 
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Down the river to Basin Street
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E 
Basin Street is the street
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E 
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Where the elite always meet
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Am 
F#dim 
In New Orleans it is
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Am 
the land of  dreams
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C 
Caug 
Ebdim 
G# 
You never know how nice     it seems
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Dm 
C 
G 
Or just how much it really means
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E 
I'm so glad to be here, yes siree
Am 
Where
Welcome Street
and all my people meet
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Am 
G 
C 
F 
Where I can lose my Basin Street blues
F#dim 
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Am 
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So won't
you come along with me
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C 
Down the Mississippi
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F#dim 
For we'll take a boat to the land of dreams
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C 
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New Orleans,
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a  band's there to meet us,
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oh, oh, oh,
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friends to greet us.
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Welcome, street,
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and all my people meet.
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It's Basin Street.
Caug 
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This in the street is the street
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where the elite always meet.
It's New Orleans,
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it is the land of dreams.
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C 
I'm so glad to be.
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Yes, sirree, where
Welcome Street
Am 
E 
Am 
Adim 
and all my people meet
Ebdim 
F#dim 
Am 
C 
Am 
F 
Where    I        can lose my face in
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Ebdim 
Am 
E 
C 
A 
street blue
Am 
F 
F#dim 
G 
C 
My  face in street blue you