Hi, ive erd loadsa different ways to play this
but the best ive erd and the one i use is the following
one. any complaints, NAFF OFF, any suggestions send them to

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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
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

(repeat as necessary through the rest of the song.
Approximate lyrics continue)

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

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

                           END

To get as close to authentic sound as possible;
with each chord, strum sharply the top 4 (Eadg),
then more slowly all strings(Eadgbe) and slowly back
individually (e,b,g,) just b4 chord change.