House Of The Rising Sun chords by Kim Nalley
Intro 1
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Dsus4
C
Am
Bbdim
B
G
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B
Em
B
Em
Verse 1
Em
There is a house in New Orleans
Dsus4
G
C
B
They call it the rising sun
Em
Dsus4
And it's been the ruin
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C
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Am
of many a poor girl
Bbdim
Em
B
And Lord,
Em
B
Em
Lord knows I'm one
If I had listened to what my mama said
Dsus4
C
B
Em
I'd be at home today
Dsus4
Em
C
But being so young
B
Am
Bbdim
Em
and foolish
B
Em
I've had a man lead me astray
B
Em
Now my mother,
she was a seamstress
Dsus4
G
C
Em
B
She sold all those new blue jeans
Em
And my sweetheart,
Dsus4
G
Em
C
B
Am
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Em
my sweetheart is a drunkard
B
Em
He drinks down in New Or leans
B
Em
B
Em
Now the only thing
that a drunkard needs
Is a suitcase,
G
C
B
is his suitcase in a trunk
Em
G
C
And the only time he's
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Am
Bbdim
Em
satisfied
B
Em
When he's on the
B
Em
drunk
B
Somebody, please, somebody
Em
B
Go back and tell my baby sister
Em
D
Please tell her not to do
Dsus4
C
B
Em
All I have done but shun the
Dsus4
G
C
B
Am
light of pain and misery
Bbdim
Em
B
Em
B
Em
Dsus4
Em
In the house of rising sun
C
B
Em
Dsus4
Em
C
B
Am
Bbdim
B
Em
B
Em
B
Em
B
Em
B
Em
G
Em
C
B
Em
Dsus4
C
B
Am
Bbdim
B
Em
B
Em
B
Em
And I've got one foot on the platform
G
C
And I've got the other one to train
Em
B
Em
Yes, I'm going,
Dsus4
G
C
B
Am
I'm going back to New Orleans
Bbdim
Em
B
Em
B
Em
to wear that bold chain.
B
Yes, I'm going back to New Orleans,
Em
Dsus4
C
My race is almost over
B
Em
D
Em
I'm bound to spend the rest of my life
C
B
Am
in pain and disarray
Bbdim
Em
B
In the house of the rising
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C
Em
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House Of The Rising Sun
Kim Nalley
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