House Of The Rising Sun chords by Alt-J

SimplifiedD · Bm · G · F# · E

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun
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And it's been the ruin
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of many poor soul
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And, Lord, my father's one
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My mother, she's a tailor

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Verse 2

She sews those new blue jeans

To keep my gambling father drunk

Deep down in New Orleans

It's

Verse 3

a happy happy happy

happy fun day day

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Like a bird flying over forest fire
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My father feels the heat be
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neath his wings
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And  in debt he leaves for another
town
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Where he gambles and,
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drunk, he still drinks
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My mother hides

Verse 5
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from pleasure
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And thinks of Father on her knees
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Lifted in the arms of God
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Away from New Orleans
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Happy happy happy happy