House Of The Rising Sun chords by Lauren Oconnell

Chords with lyrics

You can play this with or without a capo. Personally I like playing it with capo on 1st or 2nd fret.
Finger picking is optional, but it sounds nicer.


A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD   FF
There is a house in New Orleans
A minorAm    C majorC    E7E7
They call the rising sun
   A minorAm      C majorC    D MajorD    FF
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girls
  A minorAm   E MajorE   A minorAm   E7E7
And god, I know I'm one

A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD   FF
My mother was a tailor.
A minorAm    C majorC    E7E7
She sowed my new blue jeans.
   A minorAm      C majorC    D MajorD    FF
My sweetheart he was a gamblin' man
  A minorAm   E MajorE   A minorAm   E7E7
Down in New Orleans

A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD   FF
Oh mother tell my baby sister
A minorAm    C majorC    E7E7
Not to do what I have done
   A minorAm      C majorC    D MajorD    FF
But shun that house in New Orleans
  A minorAm   E MajorE   A minorAm   E7E7
They call the rising sun

A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD   FF
With one foot on the platform
A minorAm    C majorC    E7E7
The other's on the train
   A minorAm      C majorC    D MajorD    FF
I'm going back to New Orleans
  A minorAm   E MajorE   A minorAm   E7E7