D#m | F# | G# | B |
D#m | A# | D#m | A# |
D#m F# G# BThere is a house in New Orleans
D#m F# A# A#They call the "Rising Sun"
D#m F# G# BAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
D#m A# D#m F# G# B D#m A# D#m A#And God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)
D#m F# G# BMy mother was a tailor (organ: F7)
D#m F# A# A#She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)
D#m F# G# BMy father was a gambling man
D#m A# D#m F# G# B D#m A# D#m A#Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)
D#m F# G# BNow the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)
D#m F# A# A#Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)
D#m F# G# BAnd the only time, he's satisfied,
D#m A# D#m F# G# B D#m A# D#m A#Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)
Organ Solo
D#m | F# | G# | B |
D#m | F# | A# |
D#m | F# | G# | B |
D#m | A# |
D#m | F#/A# | G# | B |
D#m | A# | D#m | A# |
D#m F# G# BOh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)
D#m F# A# A#Not to do what I have done (organ: E7)
D#m F# G# BSpend your lives in sin and misery
D#m A# D#m F# G# B D#m A# D#m A#In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)
D#m F# G# BWell, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
D#m F# A# A#The other foot on the train (organ: E7)
D#m F# G# BI'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)
D#m A# D#m F# G# B D#m A# D#m A#To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)
D#m F# G# BWell, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)
D#m F# A# A#They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)
D#m F# G# BAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
D#m A#7 D#m F# G# B7 D#m A#7And God, I know, I'm one
D#m G#m D#m G#m D#m G#m(a tempo)
D#m G#m D#m G#m D#m (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)