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House Of The Rising Sun

The Animals

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A#m | C# | D# | F# |
A#m | F | A#m | F |
A#m C# D# F#There is a house in New Orleans
A#m C# F FThey call the "Rising Sun"
A#m C# D# F#And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
A#m F A#m C# D# F# A#m F A#m FAnd God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)
A#m C# D# F#My mother was a tailor (organ: F7)
A#m C# F FShe sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)
A#m C# D# F#My father was a gambling man
A#m F A#m C# D# F# A#m F A#m FDown in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)
A#m C# D# F#Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)
A#m C# F FIs a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)
A#m C# D# F#And the only time, he's satisfied,
A#m F A#m C# D# F# A#m F A#m FIs when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)
Organ Solo
A#m | C# | D# | F# |
A#m | C# | F |
A#m | C# | D# | F# |
A#m | F |
A#m | C#/F | D# | F# |
A#m | F | A#m | F |
A#m C# D# F#Oh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)
A#m C# F FNot to do what I have done (organ: E7)
A#m C# D# F#Spend your lives in sin and misery
A#m F A#m C# D# F# A#m F A#m FIn the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)
A#m C# D# F#Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
A#m C# F FThe other foot on the train (organ: E7)
A#m C# D# F#I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)
A#m F A#m C# D# F# A#m F A#m FTo wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)
A#m C# D# F#Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)
A#m C# F FThey call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)
A#m C# D# F#And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
A#m F7 A#m C# D# F#7 A#m F7And God, I know, I'm one
A#m D#m A#m D#m A#m D#m(a tempo)
A#m D#m A#m D#m A#m (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)