Basin Street Blues chords by La Vergne Smith

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Intro 1

Now won't you

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come along with me
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Way down the Mississippi
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We'll take a boat to the
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land of dreams
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Steaming down the river
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down to New Orleans
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Friends  are there to meet us,
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old friends to greet us
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Where all the young
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and the old folks meet
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Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
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Yeah, Basin Street is the street
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Where the elite always meet
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In New Orleans, land of dreams
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You'll never know how nice it seems,
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just how much it really means.
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Glad to be, yes   siree,
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Where welcome's free,
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Where I  can lose my bass and  street blues.
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Oh, Basin Street is the street
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Where the elite always meet
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here in New Orleans,
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land of dreams.
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You'll never know how nice it seems
or just how much it really means.
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Glad to be, yes siree,
where welcome's free,
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where I can lose my bass
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and street blues.
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