The House Of The Rising Sun Tab by
The Animals

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Key: A minor

Intro 1

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C

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Am

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There

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Chorus 1
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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 of many a poor boy
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And God I  know I'm
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   one
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   My
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Verse 1
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mother was a  tailor
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She sewed my new blue jeans
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My  father was a  gamblin' man
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Down in  New Orleans
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   Now the
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Verse 2
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only thing a gambler needs
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Is a   suitcase and trunk
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And the only time he's satisfied
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Is  when he's all drunk
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Solo 1
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Verse 3
Am 
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Oh  mother tell your children
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Not to  do what I have done
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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In the House of the Rising Sun
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   Well, I got
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Verse 4
Am 
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D 
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one foot on the platform
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The other foot on the train
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D 
F 
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
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To  wear that ball and chain
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Am 

Chorus 2
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D 
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Well there is a  house in New Orleans
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C 
E7 
They call the Rising Sun
Am 
C 
D 
F 
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
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And God I   know
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C 
D 
F7 
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I'm one
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Dm 
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Dm 
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