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House Of The Rising Sun

The Animals

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Gm | A# | C | D# |
Gm | D | Gm | D |
Gm A# C D#There is a house in New Orleans
Gm A# D DThey call the "Rising Sun"
Gm A# C D#And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Gm D Gm A# C D# Gm D Gm DAnd God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)
Gm A# C D#My mother was a tailor (organ: F7)
Gm A# D DShe sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)
Gm A# C D#My father was a gambling man
Gm D Gm A# C D# Gm D Gm DDown in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)
Gm A# C D#Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)
Gm A# D DIs a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)
Gm A# C D#And the only time, he's satisfied,
Gm D Gm A# C D# Gm D Gm DIs when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)
Organ Solo
Gm | A# | C | D# |
Gm | A# | D |
Gm | A# | C | D# |
Gm | D |
Gm | A#/D | C | D# |
Gm | D | Gm | D |
Gm A# C D#Oh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)
Gm A# D DNot to do what I have done (organ: E7)
Gm A# C D#Spend your lives in sin and misery
Gm D Gm A# C D# Gm D Gm DIn the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)
Gm A# C D#Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
Gm A# D DThe other foot on the train (organ: E7)
Gm A# C D#I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)
Gm D Gm A# C D# Gm D Gm DTo wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)
Gm A# C D#Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)
Gm A# D DThey call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)
Gm A# C D#And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Gm D7 Gm A# C D#7 Gm D7And God, I know, I'm one
Gm Cm Gm Cm Gm Cm(a tempo)
Gm Cm Gm Cm Gm (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)