House of the rising sun - The Animals

Tuning: E-A-D-G-B-e – Sign: 4/4 – Key: Bm – Capo: 2

bpm: 79 – Time: 4:28 – Transp: +2

INTRO

[Am] [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]

VERSE 1

There [Am]is a [C]house in [D]New Or[F]leans

They [Am]call the [C]"Rising [E]Sun" [E7]

It's [Am]been the [C]ruin of [D]many a poor [F]boy

And [Am]God, I [E7]know, I'm [Am]one

VERSE 2

My [Am]mother [C]was a [D]tailor [F]

She [Am]sewed my [C]new blue [E]jeans [E7]

My [Am]father [C]was a [D]gambling [F]man

[Am]Down in [E7]New Or[Am]leans

VERSE 3

Now the [Am]only [C]thing a [D]gambler [F]needs

Is a [Am]suitcase [C]and a [E]trunk [E7]

And the [Am]only [C]time, [D]he's satis[F]fied

Is [Am]when he's [E7]on a [Am]drunk

VERSE 4

O, [Am]mother, [C]tell your [D]children

[F]Not to [Am]do what [C]I have [E]done [E7]

[Am]Spend your [C]lives in [D]sin and mise[F]ry

In the [Am]House of [E7]Rising [Am]Sun

VERSE 5

Well, I've [Am]got one [C]foot on [D]the plat[F]form

The [Am]other [C]on the [E]train [E7]

I'm [Am]going [C]back to [D]New Or[F]leans

To [Am]wear that [E7]ball and [Am]chain

VERSE 6

Well, there [Am]is a [C]house in [D]New Orleans

[F]They [Am]call the [C]"Rising [E]Sun" [E7]

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

And [Am]God, I [E7]know, I'm [Am]one

OUTRO

[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] | [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]

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