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Basin Street Blues

Benny Goodman

JazzAdvanced for beginners21 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
C7×○
G7○○○
BbDiagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
F
FmDiagram coming soon
G○○○
BDiagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
Bb9Diagram coming soon
Fm7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
A7×○○○
A×○○
D××○
D9Diagram coming soon
C9Diagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
F7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: C Dm7 C7 G7/13- C Bb G7/13- 
 
 G7       C     G7  Cdim  C     C Dm7 Cdim C          
Won't you come along with me 
C         Dm7  C7 G7/13- C Bb G7/13- 
Down that Mississippi 
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     Dm7 Cdim C 
The band's there to greet us 
C     C7          G7   G7/13- C Bb G7/13- 
Old friends will meet us, 
C         C7     F       Fm7 
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       C7M      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  G7/13 G7 G7/13    C   F Fm Bb9 C 
Where I can lose    my Basin Street Blues

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Chord set

C · Dm7 · C7 · G7 · Bb · Cdim · F · Fm · G · B · Am7 · Bb9 · Fm7 · E7 · A7 · A · D · D9 · C9 · Em7 · F7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.