House Of The Rising Sun chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Intro:

A minorAm C majorC D MajorD FF A minorAm C majorC E MajorE
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD FF A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm


Verse 1:
A minorAm     C majorC       D MajorD     FF
There is a house down in New Orleans
   A minorAm    C majorC   E MajorE
They call the Rising Sun
     A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD     FF
And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy
  A minorAm   E MajorE    A minorAm
And me, oh God
I'm one

Verse 2:
A minorAm     C majorC      D MajorD     FF
Mamma, she worked for a tailor man
  A minorAm      C majorC    E MajorE
She sewed all my new blue jeans
    A minorAm  C majorC   D MajorD    FF
And my daddy was a gamblin' man
    A minorAm     E MajorE   A minorAm
In the town of old New Orleans

Instrumental:
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD FF A minorAm C majorC E MajorE
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD FF A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm

Verse 3:
  A minorAm  C majorC      D MajorD      FF
The only thing that a rounder ever needs
   A minorAm    C majorC  E MajorE
Is a suitcase or a trunk
    A minorAm  C majorC     D MajorD     FF
And the only time he's ever satisfied
  A minorAm    E MajorE  A minorAm
Is when he's on a drunk

Verse 4:
   A minorAm      C majorC   D MajorD       FF
Boys fill up your glasses right to the brim
    A minorAm     C majorC    E MajorE
Let the drinks flow merrily round
     A minorAm      C majorC      D MajorD      FF
And we'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy
  A minorAm      E MajorE    A minorAm
Who rambles from town to town

Verse 5:
  A minorAm      C majorC       D MajorD     FF
Now fellas don't believe what a bad woman tells you
      A minorAm   C majorC    E MajorE
Though her eyes be blue or brown
 A minorAm         C majorC D MajorD         FF
Unless she's standing on some old scaffold high
    A minorAm         E MajorE      A minorAm
Saying "Fellas they won't let me come down"

Instrumental:
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD FF A minorAm C majorC E MajorE
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD FF A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm

Verse 6:
  A minorAm   C majorC    D MajorD   FF
Go tell my youngest brother
    A minorAm      C majorC      E MajorE
Not to do the awful things I've done
    A minorAm      C majorC       D MajorD     FF
And to shun that old house down in New Orleans
     A minorAm    E MajorE   A minorAm
That they call the Rising Sun

Verse 7:
       A minorAm   C majorC      D MajorD     FF
Soon they'll take me back down to New Orleans
  A minorAm      C majorC        E MajorE
To face all the crimes that I've done
       A minorAm   C majorC   D MajorD      FF
Then they'll tie me to, an old ball and chain
 A minorAm       E MajorE    A minorAm
Until my earthly race is run