Basin Street Blues Chords & Lyrics by Louis Armstrong

Basin Street Blues

guitar chords lyrics

Louis Armstrong

Basin Street Blues
Words & Music by Spencer Williams, 1926
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1928


G7 C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
Won't you come along with me

C Dm7 C7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5

Down that Mis - sis - sip - pi;

C C7 F Fm
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams,

C G/B Am7 Bb9 G7 C G
Steam down the river down to New Orleans.


C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
The band's there to greet us,

C C7 G7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Old friends will meet us,

C C7 F Fm
Where all people like to meet

C C/B Am7 Am7/G G7 C G7
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street


C C/B E7
Basin Street is the street

A7 A7/9 A A7
Where the elite always meet --

D Am7 D9 G7
In New Orleans, land of dreams

C9 C CM7 Cdim
You'll never know how nice it seems

Dm7 Em7 F7 G7
Or just how much it really means.


C C/B E7
Glad to be, yessiree,

A7 A7/9 A A7
Where welcomes free, dear to me,

F Dm7 G7 G7/6 G7 G7/6 C C F Fm Bb9 C
Where I can lose my Ba - sin Street Blues.