THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
                                        ..as recorded by the Animals

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      Am   C        D            F
There is a house in New Orleans

      Am       C      E
 They call the Rising Sun

          Am       C       D           F
 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

       Am    E
 Thank God I know I'm

 |Am   C   |D    F    |Am     E    |Am     E     |
 one

    Am     C     D       F7
 My mother was a tailor

     Am       C       E7
 She sewed my new bluejeans

    Am     C     D        F
 My father was a gamblin' man

 Am      E7
 Down in New

   |Am   C   |D    F    |Am     E    |Am     E     |
 Orleans

         Am   C       D       F7
 Now the only thing a gambler needs

      Am       C   E7
 Is a suitcase and trunk

         Am   C    D         F
 And the only time he's satisfied

    Am        E7
 Is when he's on a

 |Am   C   |D    F    |Am     E    |Am     E     |
 drunk

..organ solo:
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                                 Oh

 Am    C          D        F7
 Mother tell your children

        Am      C      E7
 Not to do what I have done

 Am         C        D       F
 Spend your lives in sin and misery

        Am           E7
 In the House of the Rising


|Am   C   |D    F    |Am     E7    |Am   E7sus4      |
sun                                      Ohhhhh!

   Am      C           D        F7
 I got one foot on the platform

     Am    C           E7
 The other foot on the train

    Am     C       D      F7
 I'm goin' back to New Orleans

    Am        E7
To wear that ball and

|Am   C   |D    F    |Am  E7sus4   |Am   E7sus4     |
chain                                       we-e-e-ell

       Am   C         D          F
 there is a house in New Orleans

      Am       C      E7
 They call the Rising Sun

          Am       C       D           F
 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

     Am    E7
 And God I know I'm


|Am      C       |D7      F7       |Am      E7         |Am      Dmadd9     |
 one


|Am    Dmadd9    |Am     Dmadd9     |Am      Dmadd9    |Am      Dmadd9     |


|Am9..........................


transcribed by Peter Kruger JKRUGERC506@rogers.com