The House Of The Rising Sun original guitar chords by
The Animals 
Key: A minor•
Intro 1
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E
Chorus 1
Am
C
D
F
There is a house in New Orleans
Am
C
E
They call the Rising Sun
Am
C
D
F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am
E
Am
C
D
F
And God I know I'm one
Am
E7
Am
E7
Verse 1
Am
C
D
F7
My mother was a tailor
Am
C
E7
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am
C
D
F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am
E7
Am
C
D
F
Down in New Or leans
Am
E7
Am
E7
Verse 2
Am
C
D
F7
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Am
C
E7
Is a suitcase and trunk
Am
C
D
F
And the only time he's satisfied
Am
E7
Am
C
D
F
Is when he's all drunk
Am
E7
Am
E7
Solo 1
Am
C
D
F
Am
C
E
E
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
C
D
F
Am
E7
Am
E7
Verse 3
Am
C
D
F7
Oh mother tell your child ren
Am
C
E7
Not to do what I have done
Am
C
D
F
Spend your lives in sin and miser y
Am
E7
Am
C
D
F
In the House of the Rising Sun
Am
E7
Am
E7
Verse 4
Am
C
D
F7
Well, I got one foot on the plat form
Am
C
E7
The other foot on the train
Am
C
D
F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am
E7
Am
C
D
F
To wear that ball and chain
Am
E7
Am
E7
Well there
Chorus 2
Am
C
D
F7
is a house in New Orleans
Am
C
E7
They call the Rising Sun
Am
C
D
F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am
E7
And God I know
Am
C
D
F7
Am
E7
I'm one
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am9
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm C D F E...
Am
C
D
F
E
E7
F7
Dm
Am9
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