House of The Rising Sun - The Animals


Chords:

D: XX0232 C: X32010 E: 022100
Am: X02210 F: XX3211

Strumming:
This song uses more of an arpeggio picking patten to play. Think of starting at the top of each chord and picking each note (or string) in the chord downward and then back upward. You can ignore the high e string on chords that use more than 4 strings like C, Am, and E. Listen to the song to hear the timing on this. This is great ear training and will get you to really understand what's going on in the song.

Intro: Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

Verse:

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.

C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

Am C D F
My mother was a tailor.
Am C E E
She sewed my new blue jeans.
Am C D F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am E Am
Down in New Or-leans.

C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satis-fied
Is when he's on a drunk

C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

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.

C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

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.

C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

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.

C, D, F, Am, E, Am, D, Am, D, Am (strum and hold)

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This file is the author's own work and represents her interpretation of this song.
It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.