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House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)

Intro:
Am  C  D  F
Am  E  Am  E
 
Verse 1:
      Am   C        D           F
There is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E   E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one.
 
Verse 2:
My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Or-leans.
 
Verse 3:
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
 
Verse 4:
Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the risin' sun.
  
Verse 5:
Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
the other foot on the train.
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.
 
Verse 6:
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I'm one.
House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
Key: C
Intro:

Am  C  D  F

Am  E  Am  E

 
Verse 1:

      Am   C        D           F

There is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E   E

They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am

And God, I know I'm one.
 
Verse 2:

My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Or-leans.
 
Verse 3:

Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
 
Verse 4:

Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the risin' sun.
  
Verse 5:

Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
the other foot on the train.
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.
 
Verse 6:

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I'm one.


House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
Intro

Verse 1
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I'm one.

Verse 2
My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Or-leans.

Verse 3
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Verse 4
Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the risin' sun.

Verse 5
Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
the other foot on the train.
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.

Verse 6
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I'm one.