Basin Street Blues Chords by Dr. John

[G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Ebm] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _
[G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [G] _
[A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ [C] _ [Em] _ [F] _ [Gb] _
[G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [G] _
[A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [Cm] _ [D] _ [C] _ [C] _
_ _ This is a [E] street, is a street [A] Where all them characters from the first
three sing me [D] In New Orleans
[G] City of a million [C] dreams And you'll never [A] know how [Cm] nice it seems
[D] When you're way [G] down south in New Orleans [C] And you'll be huggin' and a kissin'
_ [E] _ That's what I've been [A] missin' Hear all that good music, Lord, if you just
listen [D] Yeah, in New Orleans, it's true
[G] That's why I got these [Cm] Basin Tree Blues
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ I'm [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[Dm] [C] tellin' you, Basin [Cm] Tree, _ [E] that's the street
[Ab] [A] Where all the folks from Storyville and the St.
Louis [Db] cemetery [A] meet
[D] In New Orleans [G] _ [G] Land of a million dreams
[Em] You'll never beat [Db] them rice and beans [D] [G] Way down south in New [C] Orleans
Basin Tree, [E] _ [Ab] that's the street [A] _
Yeah, [Dm] where everybody sooner [A] or later gonna meet
[D] _
[Gb] New [Ab] Orleans [G] [B] Yeah, it's true, [C] I got those Basin Tree Blues
[F] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Ain't you [F] glad you [Gbm] went [Gm] with me [Em] [F] On [Gb] _ [G] _ [C]
[Dm] down that [G] [F] Mississippi
[C] _ [Bb] [G] We _ [C] _
took a boat [F] to [D] the land of dreams [C] _
[Cm] Heaven on earth, they [D] call it [G] [C] Jesus
Now, ain't [Dm] you glad [B] you went [C] with [Em] me [F] _ [G] _ [C]
Straight on down [B] that Mississippi
[C] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _
[C] We took a boat [F] to the land [D] of dreams [C] [Cm] Heaven on earth, they [D] call it _ _ [F] _
_ [C] Basin Tree
_ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _