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House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals - Guitar Chords

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            [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   E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one.

[Instrumental]
C   D  F  
Am  E  Am  E

[Verse 2]
   Am     C     D           F
My mother was a tailor.
    Am       C        E     E
She sewed my new blue jeans.
   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am      E      Am
Down in New Or-leans.

[Instrumental]
C   D  F  
Am  E  Am  E

[Verse 3]
         Am   C       D       F
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
     Am       C     E     E
Is a suitcase and a trunk
        Am   C         D          F
And the only time that he's satisfied
   Am        E    Am
Is when he's on a drunk

[Instrumental]
C   D  F  
Am  E  Am  E

[Organ Solo] 
Am  C  D  F  
Am  C  E  E
Am  C  D  F  
Am  E   
Am  C  D   F  
Am  E  Am  E

[Verse 4]
    Am     C          D        F
Oh, Mother, tell your children
       Am      C      E     E
Not to do what I have done.
Am         C        D          F
Spend your lives in sin and misery
       Am           E      Am
In the house of the risin' sun.

[Instrumental]
C   D  F  
Am  E  Am  E

[Verse 5]
               Am       C      D        F
Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
    Am         C      E     E
the other foot on the train.
    Am    C       D           F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
   Am        E        Am
To wear that ball and chain.

[Instrumental]
C   D  F  
Am  E  Am  E

[Verse 6]
            Am   C        D           F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E     E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one.

[Instrumental]
C   D  F  
Am  E  
Am  Dm  Am  Dm  Am  Dm 

(fade out with Am and Dm) 
        

We also have 13 songs by The Animals

• Bring It On Home To Me
• Dont Bring Me Down
• Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
• House Of The Rising Sun
• I Believe To My Soul
• Its My Life
• Let The Good Times Roll
• San Franciscan Nights
• See See Rider
• Sky Pilot
• Weve Gotta Get Out Of This Place
• When I Was Young
• Worried Life Blues

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