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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8In the Animals' recording the organ often plays 7th chords, when the guitar does not. [Intro] | Am | C | D | F | | Am | E | Am | E | [Verse 1] Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans Am C E They call the "Rising Sun" Am C D F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | And God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7) [Verse 2] Am C D F My mother was a tailor (organ: F7) Am C E She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7) Am C D F My father was a gambling man Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7) [Verse 3] Am C D F Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7) Am C E Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7) Am C D F And the only time, he's satisfied, Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7) [Solo] | Am | C | D | F | | Am | C | E | % | | Am | C | D | F | | Am | E | | Am | C/E | D | F | | Am | E | Am | E | [Verse 4] Am C D F O, mother, tell your children (organ: F7) Am C E Not to do what I have done (organ: E7) Am C D F Spend your lives in sin and misery Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7) [Verse 5] Am C D F Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7) Am C E The other foot on the train (organ: E7) Am C D F I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7) Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9) [Verse 6] Am C D F Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7) Am C E They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7) Am C D F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E7 | Am | C | D | F7 | Am | E7 | And God, I know, I'm one [Coda] | Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am | Dm | (a tempo) | Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)