Basin Street Blues

Ray Charles

tom:

[Verse]                                                                C
   C   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
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B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|-------------------------10------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
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                           Won't you come a- long    with me,          
                               The   band's  there to greet us,

       +       +   G   +       +     C    Bb   G   +       +     C   +       +            +
E|-8-------6---5---3---5-----------|-8----6----3---5-----------|-----8-----------8------------|
B|---------------------------------|-8----6----3---------------|------------------------------|
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E|-8-------6-------3---------------|-8----6----3---------------|-8---------------8------------|
   down that Misissippi?                                   We'll     take a      boat to the 
   old     friends will meet us,                                     Where   all people 

       +       + Dm    +       +     C   +       +   G   +       +         +       + C     +       +
E|-8-------8---10------------------|-8-------6---5---3---0---1---2---|-3---1---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------4---1-------------------|
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D|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|---------7---------------8-------|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
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   land    of dreams,                steam   down the river, down to   New     Orleans.
   like    to meet                   Heaven  on earth, they call it    Bas-in  Street.

[Chorus]
   C   +       + Cmaj7         E7  +       +               A7  +       + A7sus2
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A|-3---------------3---------|---------------------------|-0---------------0---------|
E|---------------------------|-0---------------0---------|---------------------------|
   Bas-in      Street          is  the     street,         where the e-lite 

   A   +       + A7            D   +       + Am7           D   +       + G6      
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B|-2---2-------2-------------|-3---3-------1-------------|-3---3-------0-------------|
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D|---------2------------2----|---------0------------2----|---------0------------0----|
A|-0---------------0---------|-0---------------0---------|-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------3---------|
   al- ways    meet.    In     New Orl-    eans,           land of     dreams,  You'll 

       +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +     C   +       + Cmaj7   
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E|/10------8-------7-------5-------| /8-------7-------5-------3-------|---------------------------|
   never   know how nice it seems Or just how much it really means.    Glad to     be, 

   E7  +       +               A7  +       + A7sus2        A   +       + A7       
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   yes-sir-    ee,      Where  welcomes    free,           dear to     me,      Where 

   F   +       + Dm7           G   +            +       +     C   +       +       +       +
E|-1---1-------1-------------|-----3--------3---0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-1---1-------1-------------|-----0--------0---0---3---1---|---------------------------------|
G|-2---2-------2-------------|-----0--------0---0---0---0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------3------------0----|---------0--------------------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------0---------|----------------------2-------|-3-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-3------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
   I can       lose     my         Ba-      sin Street Blues.