Basin Street Blues Chords by Sam Cooke
Tempo:
83.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
D
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] Basin [B] Street, Basin Street, [E] that's the place where [F] my friends [E] all meet, [A] down in New Orleans,
[Bm] in [D] that land of [G] dreams.
[Abm] And you don't [Ab] know [Am] how [D] nice it [G] seems, it's dear to [B] me, yes sirree,
[E] and that's the place [F] I'm so longing [E] to be, [A] where I can [Bm] lose, [C] these old [G] Basin Street blues.
[C] [D]
[G] Basin [B] Street, my Basin [F] Street, [E] where the [F] young and the old [E] folk meet, [Db] down in New Orleans,
[Gb] in that land [Bm] of dreams.
[G] [Ab] And you don't [Am] know how nice [D] it really [G] seems, but it's dear [B] to me, yes [E] sirree,
and that's the place I'm [F] so longing [E] to be, [A] where maybe [Em] I can [D] lose, these [G] old Basin Street blues.
[C] And oh man [D] I'm talking [G] loud, Basin [B] Street, Basin [E] Street, where the folk who [F] know us,
[E] happen to meet [A] down in New Orleans, [B] in [Bm] that land of dreams.
[Ab]
[G] And you [Ab] don't know how nice it [Am] seems,
or just how [D] much it really [G] means, dear to [Eb] me, yes sirree, [E] it's dear to me, yes sirree,
[F] can't you [E] [A] see why I'm gonna [D] lose, these old [G] Basin Street [B] blues.
[F] Oh [E] [A] I'm gonna go where I can [D] lose,
these old [G] Basin Street blues.
[C] [E] [G] Oh [C] yeah.
[G]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] Basin [B] Street, Basin Street, [E] that's the place where [F] my friends [E] all meet, [A] down in New Orleans,
[Bm] in [D] that land of [G] dreams.
[Abm] And you don't [Ab] know [Am] how [D] nice it [G] seems, it's dear to [B] me, yes sirree,
[E] and that's the place [F] I'm so longing [E] to be, [A] where I can [Bm] lose, [C] these old [G] Basin Street blues.
[C] [D]
[G] Basin [B] Street, my Basin [F] Street, [E] where the [F] young and the old [E] folk meet, [Db] down in New Orleans,
[Gb] in that land [Bm] of dreams.
[G] [Ab] And you don't [Am] know how nice [D] it really [G] seems, but it's dear [B] to me, yes [E] sirree,
and that's the place I'm [F] so longing [E] to be, [A] where maybe [Em] I can [D] lose, these [G] old Basin Street blues.
[C] And oh man [D] I'm talking [G] loud, Basin [B] Street, Basin [E] Street, where the folk who [F] know us,
[E] happen to meet [A] down in New Orleans, [B] in [Bm] that land of dreams.
[Ab]
[G] And you [Ab] don't know how nice it [Am] seems,
or just how [D] much it really [G] means, dear to [Eb] me, yes sirree, [E] it's dear to me, yes sirree,
[F] can't you [E] [A] see why I'm gonna [D] lose, these old [G] Basin Street [B] blues.
[F] Oh [E] [A] I'm gonna go where I can [D] lose,
these old [G] Basin Street blues.
[C] [E] [G] Oh [C] yeah.
[G]
Key:
G
E
D
F
C
G
E
D
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ Basin [B] Street, _ Basin Street, [E] _ that's the place where [F] my friends [E] all meet, [A] down in New Orleans,
[Bm] in [D] that land of [G] dreams.
[Abm] And you don't [Ab] know [Am] how [D] nice it [G] seems, it's dear to [B] me, yes sirree,
[E] and that's the place [F] I'm so longing [E] to be, [A] where I can [Bm] lose, [C] these old [G] Basin Street blues.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _
[G] Basin _ _ [B] Street, my Basin [F] Street, [E] _ where the [F] young and the old [E] folk meet, [Db] down in New Orleans,
[Gb] in that land [Bm] of dreams.
[G] [Ab] And you don't [Am] know how nice [D] it really _ [G] seems, but it's dear [B] to me, yes [E] sirree,
and that's the place I'm [F] so longing [E] to be, [A] where maybe [Em] I can [D] lose, these [G] old Basin Street blues.
[C] And oh man [D] I'm talking [G] loud, _ Basin [B] Street, _ Basin [E] Street, where the folk who [F] know us,
[E] happen to meet [A] down in New Orleans, [B] in [Bm] that land of dreams.
[Ab]
[G] And you [Ab] don't know how nice it [Am] seems,
or just how [D] much it really [G] means, _ dear to [Eb] me, yes sirree, [E] it's dear to me, yes sirree,
[F] can't you [E] [A] see why I'm gonna [D] lose, these old [G] Basin Street [B] blues.
[F] Oh _ [E] [A] I'm gonna go where I can [D] lose,
these old [G] Basin Street blues.
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Oh [C] yeah.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ Basin [B] Street, _ Basin Street, [E] _ that's the place where [F] my friends [E] all meet, [A] down in New Orleans,
[Bm] in [D] that land of [G] dreams.
[Abm] And you don't [Ab] know [Am] how [D] nice it [G] seems, it's dear to [B] me, yes sirree,
[E] and that's the place [F] I'm so longing [E] to be, [A] where I can [Bm] lose, [C] these old [G] Basin Street blues.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _
[G] Basin _ _ [B] Street, my Basin [F] Street, [E] _ where the [F] young and the old [E] folk meet, [Db] down in New Orleans,
[Gb] in that land [Bm] of dreams.
[G] [Ab] And you don't [Am] know how nice [D] it really _ [G] seems, but it's dear [B] to me, yes [E] sirree,
and that's the place I'm [F] so longing [E] to be, [A] where maybe [Em] I can [D] lose, these [G] old Basin Street blues.
[C] And oh man [D] I'm talking [G] loud, _ Basin [B] Street, _ Basin [E] Street, where the folk who [F] know us,
[E] happen to meet [A] down in New Orleans, [B] in [Bm] that land of dreams.
[Ab]
[G] And you [Ab] don't know how nice it [Am] seems,
or just how [D] much it really [G] means, _ dear to [Eb] me, yes sirree, [E] it's dear to me, yes sirree,
[F] can't you [E] [A] see why I'm gonna [D] lose, these old [G] Basin Street [B] blues.
[F] Oh _ [E] [A] I'm gonna go where I can [D] lose,
these old [G] Basin Street blues.
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Oh [C] yeah.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _