Ray Charles – Basin Street Blues (Guitar)

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This song is in the key of Eb Play along at
[Verse]
N.C.
Why don't you come along with me
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D|--5--3--4--5--|
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N.C.                 Eb7 Adim
To the Mississippi

Eb7                       Ab7     Adim
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams

Eb7   N.C.
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans

[Verse]
N.C.
You know the band's there to meet us
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B|--4--4--4--6--|
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N.C.                       Eb7 F#dim
Old friends there to greet us

Eb7           Ab7                   Adim
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
N.C. Way down yonder down on Basin Street [Bridge]
Eb
Let me tell you 'bout that Basin Street

G7
is the street

C7                    Db7   C7
Where the best folks always meet

F7              Bb7
In New Orleans, land of dreams
N.C. You'll never know how nice it seems, N.C. Or just how much it really means [Verse]
Eb           G7
Glad to be,  yes-sirree

C7                       Db7      C7
Where welcome's free and dear to me

F7                     Bb7                     Eb7     Ab7 C7 Bb7
That's why I can lose, lose these Basin Street Blues

[Instrumental]
Bb7
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Bb7 . Eb7 F#dim Eb7 Ab7 Adim Eb7 [Bridge]
Eb7             G7
Oh Basin Street is the street

C7               Db7    C7
Where the elite always meet

F7               Bb7
In New Orleans, land of dreams
N.C. You'll never know how nice it seems,
N.C.                              Eb7
Or just how much it really means
[Outro]
Eb7         G7
Glad to be, yes-sirree

C7                       Db7     C7
Where welcome's free and dear to me

F7                     Bb7                G7    C7
That's why I can lose, these Basin Street Blues

F7                      Bb7               Eb7  B7 Eb7
That's why I can lose, these Basin Street Blues