House Of The Rising Sun chords by Lauren Oconnell

Guitar 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

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