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