Chords for Louis Prima Basin Street Blues
Tempo:
84.3 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
Ab
Eb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [F] And face the street, [A] here's the street, [D] where all the boys and the good folks meet [G] down in New Orleans, in [C] the land of dreams.
And you never know how nice it seems, and that's how much it [F] really means.
No, no, no, no, dear to me, [A] yes siree, [D] dear to me, yes siree, can't you see, [G] baby, I can't [Am] lose those good old [F] beds in street [Bb] blues.
[C] [F]
[A] [D]
[B] [C]
[Fm] [C] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [C]
[F] [Ab] [Cm] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [Am]
[Abm] [C] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [Gm] And you never
[F] know [Gm] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [C]
[F] [Gm]
[F] [A] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[C] [F] how [Eb] nice it seems, and that's how much it really means.
Hey, I [Cm] see the moon, and the moon is pale, and it looks like they're taking some cat to jail.
No, it's the moon is pale, [Eb] and the sun is gone, and the steamboats are coming, and they're splashing, and they're going, whoo, whoo, [Ab] and bubbles, and the pale moon shining [G] on the fields below.
[Eb] Folks all singing songs soft [Ab] and low, you needn't tell me what, cause [Abm] I know, sleepy time [Eb] down south.
Soft [Ab] wind blowing through the [Eb] pinewood trees, and the folks on there [A] living life at ease, [Fm] when old Mammy falls [Bb] upon her knees.
[Ab] The sweet beat time [Eb] down south, steamboats on [G] the river, coming and going, splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and just reading, and everybody singing, and the kids are having a great [Bb] day.
Hey, [Ab] dear old time man, my dream is [Eb] on, and you take me back there, where I [Cm] belong, I will never be here, if the time [F] is on, when the sleepy [Eb] time comes [Ab] on.
[G]
[F] [Ab] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [Abm] [Cm]
[Ab]
[G] Steamboats on the river, [Am] [G] splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and you're angels singing, [Am] and [G] everybody singing, and dying till the break of [F] day.
Hey, [Ab] [Abm] I'll leave it all, [Eb] when you take me back there, where I [Cm] belong, I will never be here, if the time is on, when the [Abm] sleepy time [Eb] comes on.
[Cm]
And you never know how nice it seems, and that's how much it [F] really means.
No, no, no, no, dear to me, [A] yes siree, [D] dear to me, yes siree, can't you see, [G] baby, I can't [Am] lose those good old [F] beds in street [Bb] blues.
[C] [F]
[A] [D]
[B] [C]
[Fm] [C] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [C]
[F] [Ab] [Cm] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [Am]
[Abm] [C] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [Gm] And you never
[F] know [Gm] [F]
[A] [D]
[G] [C]
[F] [Gm]
[F] [A] [D]
[Bm] [G]
[C] [F] how [Eb] nice it seems, and that's how much it really means.
Hey, I [Cm] see the moon, and the moon is pale, and it looks like they're taking some cat to jail.
No, it's the moon is pale, [Eb] and the sun is gone, and the steamboats are coming, and they're splashing, and they're going, whoo, whoo, [Ab] and bubbles, and the pale moon shining [G] on the fields below.
[Eb] Folks all singing songs soft [Ab] and low, you needn't tell me what, cause [Abm] I know, sleepy time [Eb] down south.
Soft [Ab] wind blowing through the [Eb] pinewood trees, and the folks on there [A] living life at ease, [Fm] when old Mammy falls [Bb] upon her knees.
[Ab] The sweet beat time [Eb] down south, steamboats on [G] the river, coming and going, splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and just reading, and everybody singing, and the kids are having a great [Bb] day.
Hey, [Ab] dear old time man, my dream is [Eb] on, and you take me back there, where I [Cm] belong, I will never be here, if the time [F] is on, when the sleepy [Eb] time comes [Ab] on.
[G]
[F] [Ab] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [Abm] [Cm]
[Ab]
[G] Steamboats on the river, [Am] [G] splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and you're angels singing, [Am] and [G] everybody singing, and dying till the break of [F] day.
Hey, [Ab] [Abm] I'll leave it all, [Eb] when you take me back there, where I [Cm] belong, I will never be here, if the time is on, when the [Abm] sleepy time [Eb] comes on.
[Cm]
Key:
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Eb
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] And face the street, [A] here's the street, [D] where all the boys and the good folks meet [G] down in New Orleans, in [C] the land of dreams.
And you never know how nice it seems, and that's how much it [F] really means.
No, no, no, no, dear to me, [A] yes siree, [D] dear to me, yes siree, can't you see, [G] baby, I can't [Am] lose those good old [F] beds in street [Bb] blues.
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] And you never _
_ [F] _ know [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] how [Eb] nice it seems, and that's how much it really means.
Hey, I [Cm] see the moon, and the moon is pale, and it looks like they're taking some cat to jail.
No, it's the moon is pale, [Eb] and the sun is gone, and the steamboats are coming, and they're splashing, and they're going, whoo, whoo, [Ab] and bubbles, and the pale moon shining [G] on the fields below.
[Eb] Folks all singing songs soft [Ab] and low, you needn't tell me what, cause [Abm] I know, sleepy time [Eb] down south.
Soft [Ab] wind blowing through the [Eb] pinewood trees, and the folks on there [A] living life at ease, [Fm] when old Mammy falls [Bb] upon her knees.
[Ab] The sweet beat time [Eb] down south, steamboats on [G] the river, coming and going, splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and just reading, and everybody singing, and the kids are having a great [Bb] day.
Hey, [Ab] dear old time man, my dream is [Eb] on, and you take me back there, where I [Cm] belong, I will never be here, if the time [F] is on, when the sleepy [Eb] time comes [Ab] on.
_ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Steamboats on the river, [Am] _ [G] splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and you're angels singing, [Am] and [G] everybody singing, and dying till the break of [F] day.
Hey, [Ab] _ [Abm] I'll leave it all, [Eb] when you take me back there, where I [Cm] _ belong, I will never be here, if the time is on, when the [Abm] sleepy time [Eb] comes on.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
And you never know how nice it seems, and that's how much it [F] really means.
No, no, no, no, dear to me, [A] yes siree, [D] dear to me, yes siree, can't you see, [G] baby, I can't [Am] lose those good old [F] beds in street [Bb] blues.
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] And you never _
_ [F] _ know [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] how [Eb] nice it seems, and that's how much it really means.
Hey, I [Cm] see the moon, and the moon is pale, and it looks like they're taking some cat to jail.
No, it's the moon is pale, [Eb] and the sun is gone, and the steamboats are coming, and they're splashing, and they're going, whoo, whoo, [Ab] and bubbles, and the pale moon shining [G] on the fields below.
[Eb] Folks all singing songs soft [Ab] and low, you needn't tell me what, cause [Abm] I know, sleepy time [Eb] down south.
Soft [Ab] wind blowing through the [Eb] pinewood trees, and the folks on there [A] living life at ease, [Fm] when old Mammy falls [Bb] upon her knees.
[Ab] The sweet beat time [Eb] down south, steamboats on [G] the river, coming and going, splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and just reading, and everybody singing, and the kids are having a great [Bb] day.
Hey, [Ab] dear old time man, my dream is [Eb] on, and you take me back there, where I [Cm] belong, I will never be here, if the time [F] is on, when the sleepy [Eb] time comes [Ab] on.
_ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Steamboats on the river, [Am] _ [G] splashing and then dying, hey, bubble bubbles, and you're angels singing, [Am] and [G] everybody singing, and dying till the break of [F] day.
Hey, [Ab] _ [Abm] I'll leave it all, [Eb] when you take me back there, where I [Cm] _ belong, I will never be here, if the time is on, when the [Abm] sleepy time [Eb] comes on.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _