Chords for House of the Rising Sun
Tempo:
119.9 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
C
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[Em] [E]
[Am] [F]
[A] [D] There [F]
[Am] [E]
[Am]
[E] [Am] [C] is a house [D] in New Orleans, [F] baby, [Am] and [C] it's called [E] the Rising Sun.
[Am] You know it's been [A#] the ruin of [D] many a [F] poor girl.
[Am] Oh Lord, [E]
Lord, I [Am] know I'm one.
[E]
[Am] My [C] mother was [D] a tailor.
[F]
[Am] [C] She sewed my [E] new blue jeans.
[Am] You know my [C] father was [D] just a gamblin' [F]
man.
[Am] Way down, [E]
down in [Am] New Orleans.
[E]
[Am] And [C] the only thing [D] a gambler [F]
needs [Am] [C] is a suitcase [E] and a drum.
[Am] And the only [C]
time [D] he'll be satisfied, [F]
[Am] oh, is when, [E]
when he's [Am] on that drum.
[E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [Dm]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[E]
[Am] [Gm]
[G] [F#] [F]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [E]
I [Am] got one [C] foot on [D] that platform, [F]
[Am] and [C] the other is on [E] that train.
You [Am] know I'm going [C]
back [D] to New Orleans, [F] baby.
And I [Am] got a way, I got a [E] way, way that [Am] ballin' chin.
[E]
[Am] So [C] mother, mother, mother, [D] mother tell your children,
[F]
[Am] [C] don't you, don't you do what [E] I have done.
You've [Am] got to spend your [C]
life [D] away from that misery.
[F]
[Dm] [Am] Oh, the house, [E]
house of the [Am] rising [E] sun.
[Am] There is [C]
a house in [D] New Orleans, [F]
and [Am] it's called [C] the [E] Rising Sun.
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am]
[E]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[Em] [E]
[Am] [F]
[A] [D] There [F]
[Am] [E]
[Am]
[E] [Am] [C] is a house [D] in New Orleans, [F] baby, [Am] and [C] it's called [E] the Rising Sun.
[Am] You know it's been [A#] the ruin of [D] many a [F] poor girl.
[Am] Oh Lord, [E]
Lord, I [Am] know I'm one.
[E]
[Am] My [C] mother was [D] a tailor.
[F]
[Am] [C] She sewed my [E] new blue jeans.
[Am] You know my [C] father was [D] just a gamblin' [F]
man.
[Am] Way down, [E]
down in [Am] New Orleans.
[E]
[Am] And [C] the only thing [D] a gambler [F]
needs [Am] [C] is a suitcase [E] and a drum.
[Am] And the only [C]
time [D] he'll be satisfied, [F]
[Am] oh, is when, [E]
when he's [Am] on that drum.
[E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [Dm]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[E]
[Am] [Gm]
[G] [F#] [F]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [E]
I [Am] got one [C] foot on [D] that platform, [F]
[Am] and [C] the other is on [E] that train.
You [Am] know I'm going [C]
back [D] to New Orleans, [F] baby.
And I [Am] got a way, I got a [E] way, way that [Am] ballin' chin.
[E]
[Am] So [C] mother, mother, mother, [D] mother tell your children,
[F]
[Am] [C] don't you, don't you do what [E] I have done.
You've [Am] got to spend your [C]
life [D] away from that misery.
[F]
[Dm] [Am] Oh, the house, [E]
house of the [Am] rising [E] sun.
[Am] There is [C]
a house in [D] New Orleans, [F]
and [Am] it's called [C] the [E] Rising Sun.
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am]
[E]
[D]
[Am]
Key:
Am
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Am
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C
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ There [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] is a house _ [D] in New Orleans, _ [F] baby, _ [Am] and _ _ _ [C] it's called _ [E] the Rising Sun. _
_ _ [Am] You know it's been [A#] the ruin of [D] many a [F] poor girl.
_ [Am] Oh Lord, _ _ [E] _
Lord, I [Am] know I'm one.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ My [C] mother was _ [D] a tailor.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] She _ sewed my [E] new blue _ jeans.
_ [Am] You know my _ [C] father was [D] just a gamblin' _ [F]
man.
_ [Am] Way down, _ [E] _
down in [Am] New Orleans.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] And _ [C] the only thing [D] a gambler _ [F]
needs _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] is a suitcase _ [E] and a drum. _ _
_ _ [Am] And the only _ _ [C] _
time [D] he'll be satisfied, [F] _
_ _ [Am] oh, is when, _ [E]
when he's [Am] on that drum.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E]
I _ [Am] got one [C] foot on _ [D] that platform, _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ and [C] the other is on [E] that train. _ _ _
_ You [Am] know I'm going _ [C] _
_ back [D] to New Orleans, [F] baby.
And _ I [Am] got a way, I got a [E] way, way that [Am] ballin' chin.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] So [C] mother, mother, mother, _ [D] mother tell your children,
[F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] don't you, don't you do what [E] I have done. _
_ You've [Am] got to spend your _ _ [C]
life _ [D] away from that misery.
[F] _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] Oh, the house, _ _ [E]
house of the [Am] rising _ _ [E] sun. _
_ _ [Am] There is _ [C] _
a house in [D] New Orleans, _ [F] _
_ and [Am] it's called _ [C] the _ [E] Rising _ Sun. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ There [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] is a house _ [D] in New Orleans, _ [F] baby, _ [Am] and _ _ _ [C] it's called _ [E] the Rising Sun. _
_ _ [Am] You know it's been [A#] the ruin of [D] many a [F] poor girl.
_ [Am] Oh Lord, _ _ [E] _
Lord, I [Am] know I'm one.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ My [C] mother was _ [D] a tailor.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] She _ sewed my [E] new blue _ jeans.
_ [Am] You know my _ [C] father was [D] just a gamblin' _ [F]
man.
_ [Am] Way down, _ [E] _
down in [Am] New Orleans.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] And _ [C] the only thing [D] a gambler _ [F]
needs _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] is a suitcase _ [E] and a drum. _ _
_ _ [Am] And the only _ _ [C] _
time [D] he'll be satisfied, [F] _
_ _ [Am] oh, is when, _ [E]
when he's [Am] on that drum.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E]
I _ [Am] got one [C] foot on _ [D] that platform, _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ and [C] the other is on [E] that train. _ _ _
_ You [Am] know I'm going _ [C] _
_ back [D] to New Orleans, [F] baby.
And _ I [Am] got a way, I got a [E] way, way that [Am] ballin' chin.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] So [C] mother, mother, mother, _ [D] mother tell your children,
[F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] don't you, don't you do what [E] I have done. _
_ You've [Am] got to spend your _ _ [C]
life _ [D] away from that misery.
[F] _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] Oh, the house, _ _ [E]
house of the [Am] rising _ _ [E] sun. _
_ _ [Am] There is _ [C] _
a house in [D] New Orleans, _ [F] _
_ and [Am] it's called _ [C] the _ [E] Rising _ Sun. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _