F#m | A | B | D |
F#m | C# | F#m | C# |
F#m A B DThere is a house in New Orleans
F#m A C# C#They call the "Rising Sun"
F#m A B DAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
F#m C# F#m A B D F#m C# F#m C#And God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)
F#m A B DMy mother was a tailor (organ: F7)
F#m A C# C#She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)
F#m A B DMy father was a gambling man
F#m C# F#m A B D F#m C# F#m C#Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)
F#m A B DNow the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)
F#m A C# C#Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)
F#m A B DAnd the only time, he's satisfied,
F#m C# F#m A B D F#m C# F#m C#Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)
Organ Solo
F#m | A | B | D |
F#m | A | C# |
F#m | A | B | D |
F#m | C# |
F#m | A/C# | B | D |
F#m | C# | F#m | C# |
F#m A B DOh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)
F#m A C# C#Not to do what I have done (organ: E7)
F#m A B DSpend your lives in sin and misery
F#m C# F#m A B D F#m C# F#m C#In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)
F#m A B DWell, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
F#m A C# C#The other foot on the train (organ: E7)
F#m A B DI'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)
F#m C# F#m A B D F#m C# F#m C#To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)
F#m A B DWell, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)
F#m A C# C#They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)
F#m A B DAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
F#m C#7 F#m A B D7 F#m C#7And God, I know, I'm one
F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm(a tempo)
F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)