House Of The Rising Sun chords by Lauren Oconnell

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.


Am    C    D   F
There is a house in New Orleans
Am    C    E7
They call the rising sun
   Am      C    D    F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girls
  Am   E   Am   E7
And god, I know I'm one

Am    C    D   F
My mother was a tailor.
Am    C    E7
She sowed my new blue jeans.
   Am      C    D    F
My sweetheart he was a gamblin' man
  Am   E   Am   E7
Down in New Orleans

Am    C    D   F
Oh mother tell my baby sister
Am    C    E7
Not to do what I have done
   Am      C    D    F
But shun that house in New Orleans
  Am   E   Am   E7
They call the rising sun

Am    C    D   F
With one foot on the platform
Am    C    E7
The other's on the train
   Am      C    D    F
I'm going back to New Orleans
  Am   E   Am   E7