House Of The Rising Sun chords by The Animals

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

House of the rising sun

Vs- Am, C, D, F, Am, C, E- Am, C, D, F, Am, E, A minorAm

INTRO- Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E MajorE

   A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD      FF
There is a house in New Orleans
   A minorAm    C majorC   E MajorE  E MajorE
They call the Risin' Sun
     A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD      FF
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
  A minorAm   E MajorE    A minorAm
And God, I know I'm one.

(Passing chords)
C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E MajorE

  A minorAm   C majorC   D MajorD      FF
My mother was a tailor.
  A minorAm    C majorC    E MajorE   E MajorE
She sewed my new blue jeans.
  A minorAm   C majorC   D MajorD    FF
My father was a gamblin' man
A minorAm   E MajorE   A minorAm
Down in New Or-leans.

(Passing chords)
C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E MajorE

     A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD    FF
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
   A minorAm    C majorC   E MajorE   E MajorE
Is a suitcase and a trunk
    A minorAm  C majorC     D MajorD     FF
And the only time that he's satis-fied
  A minorAm    E MajorE  A minorAm
Is when he's on a drunk

(Passing chords)
C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E MajorE

Organ Solo (For about 12- 16 bars)

  A minorAm   C majorC     D MajorD    FF
Oh, Mother, tell your children
    A minorAm   C majorC   E MajorE   E MajorE
Not to do what I have done.
A minorAm     C majorC    D MajorD     FF
Spend your lives in sin and misery
    A minorAm      E MajorE   A minorAm
In the house of the risin' sun.

(Passing chords)
C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E MajorE

A minorAm     C majorC    D MajorD        FF
Well, I've got one foot on the platform.
  A minorAm  C majorC      E MajorE   E MajorE
the other foot on the train.
  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD      FF
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
  A minorAm    E MajorE    A minorAm
To wear that ball and chain.

(Passing chords)
C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E MajorE

      A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD      FF
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
   A minorAm    C majorC   E MajorE   E MajorE
They call the Risin' Sun
     A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD      FF
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
  A minorAm   E MajorE    A minorAm
And God, I know I'm one.

(Passing chords)
C, D, F, Am, E,
Am, D, Am, D, Am,D (fade out with A minorAm and D MajorD)

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