The Animals
The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun Ver 1 guitar tab
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The only thing you have to do is hold a certain chord and play it's bass-string followed by this riff: e |----------x----------| B |------x-----x--------| G |----x---x-----x------| D |---------------------| A |---------------------| E |---------------------| So an F-riff would look like this: e |------------1--------| B |--------1-----1------| G |------2---2-----2----| D |---3-----------------| A |---------------------| E |---------------------| And an Am-riff like this: e |------------0--------| B |--------1-----1------| G |------2---2-----2----| D |---------------------| A |---0-----------------| E |---------------------| Bass-strings: Am: open fret A-string C : 3rd fret A-string D : open fret D-string E : open fret E-string F : 3rd fret D-string All you need to do now is play the chords in the right order. Pretty easy right? Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans Am C E E they call the Rising Sun Am C D F Its been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E Am C D F Am E Am E And God, I know I'm one (this is repeated throughout the rest of the song with different lyrics) My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only things a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk and the only time he's feeling satisfied is when he's on a drunk Now mothers, Tell your children Not to do what I have done And spend your life in sincere misery in the House of the Rising Sun Well I've got one foot on the platform, the other on the train. I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun Its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one