House Of The Rising Sun chords by Eric Johanson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (B major) There
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is  (E minor) a  (G major) house in  (A major) New Orleans
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 (C major) They called  (E minor) the rising  (G major) sun  (B major) 
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And it's  (E minor) been the  (G major) ruin
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of  (A major) many a poor  (C major) boy
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And God,  (E minor) I know  (B major) I'm  (E minor) one  (B major) 
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My  (E minor) mother was  (G major) a tailor
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 (A major) She  (C major)  (E minor) sewed my new  (G major) blue jeans  (B major) 
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My  (E minor) father was  (G major) a  (A major) gamblin'
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 (C major) down  (E minor) in  (B major) New Orleans  (E minor) 
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 (B major) Now the  (E minor) only thing
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 (G major) that a  (A major) gambler need (C major) s
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is a  (E minor) suitcase an (G major) d a trunk  (B major) 
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And the  (E minor) only time  (G major) that  (A major) he's satisfied
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 (C major) is  (E minor) when he's  (B major) undrunk (E minor) 

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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 (E minor) Mother tell  (G major) your chil (A major) dren
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 (C major) Not to  (E minor) do  what  (G major) I  have done  (B major) 
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Spend  (E minor) your life  (G major) in  (A major) sin and misery
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Em 
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 (C major) In the  (E minor) house of the  (B major) rising sun (E minor)  (B major) 
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With  (E minor) one foot on  (G major) the platform  (A major) 
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An (C major) d the  (E minor) other foot  (G major) on the train  (B major) 
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I'm  (E minor) going back  (G major) to  (A major) New Orleans  (C major) 
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to  (E minor) wear that  (B major) palm chain  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (A major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major) 
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There  (E minor) is  a  (G major) house in  (A major) New Orleans,  (C major) 
Em 
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B 
 (E minor) they call the  (G major) Rising Sun (B major) 
Em 
G 
And it's  (E minor) been the  (G major) ruin
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C 
of  (A major) many young poor  (C major) boys
Em 
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And  (E minor) God, I know,  (B major) I am  (E minor) one  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major) you