Chords for House of the Rising Sun
Tempo:
100.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
F#
D
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
I started looking for songs to work on a new album, Cross My Fingers, and the first songs
that I ran into were those of Richard Thompson.
We'll do one later on of [Em] his.
Meantime, he's going to help us out with this one, which is One You [B] Will Remember.
[D] [E]
[G] [B] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] [D] [F#]
There [Bm] is [D] a house [E] in New Orleans
[G] [Bm] And they call
[D] it [F#m] House of the Sea
[F#]
And [Bm] it's been the [D] ruin [E] of many a poor girl
[G] [Bm] Me, [F#] great-grandma, I [B] am one
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[B] My mama [D] was a [E] tailor
[G] [B] So my [D] new [F#] blue jeans
[Bm] [D] He was [E] a gambling man
[G] Way [Bm] down [F#] in New [Bm] Orleans
[F#] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] And the [D] only thing a [E] gambler needs
[G] Is [Bm] a suitcase [D] and [F#] a trunk
[Bm] Me, [D] time is [E] satisfied
[G]
When [Bm] [F#] he's on the [Bm] drum
[F#] [Bm]
[Bm] [B] [D]
[B] [Bm]
[D] [F#]
[F#m] [Bm] [D]
[E] [F#]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm]
[F#] Go [B] tell [D] my baby [E] sister
[G]
[B] Don't do [D] what I [F#] have done
[Bm] But shine [D] a house [E] of sin and misery
[G]
Called [B] [Bm] the [F#] Rising [B] Sun
[F#] And
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] I'm going
[D] back to [E] New Orleans
[G]
My [Bm] head [D] is nearly [F#] right
And [Bm]
[D] I'm going back to [E] spend my [G] life
[Bm] In the house of [D#] the [F#] Rising Sun
[B]
[Bm] [D] [E]
[G] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm]
[N]
Thank you, wow.
Just throw us in a room together and see what [N] happens.
that I ran into were those of Richard Thompson.
We'll do one later on of [Em] his.
Meantime, he's going to help us out with this one, which is One You [B] Will Remember.
[D] [E]
[G] [B] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] [D] [F#]
There [Bm] is [D] a house [E] in New Orleans
[G] [Bm] And they call
[D] it [F#m] House of the Sea
[F#]
And [Bm] it's been the [D] ruin [E] of many a poor girl
[G] [Bm] Me, [F#] great-grandma, I [B] am one
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[B] My mama [D] was a [E] tailor
[G] [B] So my [D] new [F#] blue jeans
[Bm] [D] He was [E] a gambling man
[G] Way [Bm] down [F#] in New [Bm] Orleans
[F#] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] And the [D] only thing a [E] gambler needs
[G] Is [Bm] a suitcase [D] and [F#] a trunk
[Bm] Me, [D] time is [E] satisfied
[G]
When [Bm] [F#] he's on the [Bm] drum
[F#] [Bm]
[Bm] [B] [D]
[B] [Bm]
[D] [F#]
[F#m] [Bm] [D]
[E] [F#]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm]
[F#] Go [B] tell [D] my baby [E] sister
[G]
[B] Don't do [D] what I [F#] have done
[Bm] But shine [D] a house [E] of sin and misery
[G]
Called [B] [Bm] the [F#] Rising [B] Sun
[F#] And
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] I'm going
[D] back to [E] New Orleans
[G]
My [Bm] head [D] is nearly [F#] right
And [Bm]
[D] I'm going back to [E] spend my [G] life
[Bm] In the house of [D#] the [F#] Rising Sun
[B]
[Bm] [D] [E]
[G] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm]
[N]
Thank you, wow.
Just throw us in a room together and see what [N] happens.
Key:
Bm
F#
D
E
B
Bm
F#
D
I started looking for songs to work on a new album, Cross My Fingers, and the first songs
that I ran into were those of Richard Thompson.
We'll do one later on of [Em] his.
Meantime, he's going to help us out with this one, which is One You [B] Will Remember.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#]
There [Bm] is [D] a house _ [E] in New Orleans
[G] _ _ [Bm] And they call _
[D] _ it [F#m] House of the Sea
_ [F#] _
And [Bm] it's been the [D] ruin [E] of many a poor girl
[G] _ _ [Bm] Me, _ [F#] great-grandma, I [B] am one
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] My mama [D] _ was a [E] tailor
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] So my [D] new [F#] blue jeans _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] He was [E] a gambling man
[G] _ Way [Bm] down _ [F#] in New [Bm] Orleans
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] And the _ [D] only thing a [E] gambler needs
[G] Is [Bm] a suitcase [D] and _ [F#] a trunk
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Me, [D] time is [E] satisfied
_ [G] _
When [Bm] _ _ [F#] he's on the [Bm] drum
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ Go [B] tell _ [D] my baby [E] sister
_ _ [G] _ _
[B] Don't do [D] what I _ [F#] have done
_ _ _ [Bm] But shine [D] a house [E] of sin and misery
_ [G] _
Called [B] _ [Bm] the [F#] _ Rising [B] _ Sun
_ [F#] And _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] I'm going _
[D] back to [E] New Orleans
[G]
My [Bm] head _ [D] is nearly [F#] right
And _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] I'm going back to [E] spend my [G] life
_ [Bm] In the _ house _ of [D#] the [F#] _ Rising _ _ _ Sun _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you, wow.
Just throw us in a room together and see what [N] happens.
that I ran into were those of Richard Thompson.
We'll do one later on of [Em] his.
Meantime, he's going to help us out with this one, which is One You [B] Will Remember.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#]
There [Bm] is [D] a house _ [E] in New Orleans
[G] _ _ [Bm] And they call _
[D] _ it [F#m] House of the Sea
_ [F#] _
And [Bm] it's been the [D] ruin [E] of many a poor girl
[G] _ _ [Bm] Me, _ [F#] great-grandma, I [B] am one
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] My mama [D] _ was a [E] tailor
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] So my [D] new [F#] blue jeans _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] He was [E] a gambling man
[G] _ Way [Bm] down _ [F#] in New [Bm] Orleans
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] And the _ [D] only thing a [E] gambler needs
[G] Is [Bm] a suitcase [D] and _ [F#] a trunk
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Me, [D] time is [E] satisfied
_ [G] _
When [Bm] _ _ [F#] he's on the [Bm] drum
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ Go [B] tell _ [D] my baby [E] sister
_ _ [G] _ _
[B] Don't do [D] what I _ [F#] have done
_ _ _ [Bm] But shine [D] a house [E] of sin and misery
_ [G] _
Called [B] _ [Bm] the [F#] _ Rising [B] _ Sun
_ [F#] And _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] I'm going _
[D] back to [E] New Orleans
[G]
My [Bm] head _ [D] is nearly [F#] right
And _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] I'm going back to [E] spend my [G] life
_ [Bm] In the _ house _ of [D#] the [F#] _ Rising _ _ _ Sun _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you, wow.
Just throw us in a room together and see what [N] happens.