Chords for House of the Rising Sun
Tempo:
73.65 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
C
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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There is [C] a house [D] in New [F] Orleans, [Am]
[C] [E] ancient son.
[Am] And it's been [C] the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy.
[Am] And God, [E] I know [Am] I'm wrong.
[C] [F]
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]
[Am] My mother's [C] [D] a tailor.
[F]
[Am] She sold [C] [E] brooches.
[Am] My [C] father's [D] a gambling [F] man [Am] down [E] in New [Am] Orleans.
[E]
[Am] Now the only [C] [D] thing a gambler [F] needs [Am] is a suit [C] [E] and a trunk.
[Am] And the only [C] time [D] he's [F] satisfied [Am] is when [E] he's all [Am] drunk.
[C]
[D] [F] [Am] [C]
[E] [Am] [C]
[D] [F] [Am] [E]
[A] [E] [Am] Now mother, [Am] tell [D] your [F] children [Am] not to do what [C]
[E] I've done.
[Am] [C]
[D] And [F] misery [Am] in the house [E] of a rising [Am] sun.
[E] [Am] I got on [C]
[D] the platform [F] [Am] in the [C]
[E] old tree.
[Am]
[D] To New [F] Orleans [Am] to where the [E] bars were [Am] chained.
[D] [F]
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]
[Am] [D] [F] There is a [Am] house in [C] [E] New Orleans, ancient son.
[Am] [C] And it's [D] been the ruin of many a [F] poor boy.
[Am] And God, [E]
I know I'm wrong.
[Am] [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E]
[Am]
[C] [E] ancient son.
[Am] And it's been [C] the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy.
[Am] And God, [E] I know [Am] I'm wrong.
[C] [F]
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]
[Am] My mother's [C] [D] a tailor.
[F]
[Am] She sold [C] [E] brooches.
[Am] My [C] father's [D] a gambling [F] man [Am] down [E] in New [Am] Orleans.
[E]
[Am] Now the only [C] [D] thing a gambler [F] needs [Am] is a suit [C] [E] and a trunk.
[Am] And the only [C] time [D] he's [F] satisfied [Am] is when [E] he's all [Am] drunk.
[C]
[D] [F] [Am] [C]
[E] [Am] [C]
[D] [F] [Am] [E]
[A] [E] [Am] Now mother, [Am] tell [D] your [F] children [Am] not to do what [C]
[E] I've done.
[Am] [C]
[D] And [F] misery [Am] in the house [E] of a rising [Am] sun.
[E] [Am] I got on [C]
[D] the platform [F] [Am] in the [C]
[E] old tree.
[Am]
[D] To New [F] Orleans [Am] to where the [E] bars were [Am] chained.
[D] [F]
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]
[Am] [D] [F] There is a [Am] house in [C] [E] New Orleans, ancient son.
[Am] [C] And it's [D] been the ruin of many a [F] poor boy.
[Am] And God, [E]
I know I'm wrong.
[Am] [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E]
[Am]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ There is [C] a house [D] in New [F] Orleans, _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ [E] ancient son. _
[Am] And it's been [C] the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy.
[Am] And God, [E] I know _ [Am] I'm wrong.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
[Am] My mother's [C] _ [D] a tailor.
[F] _
[Am] She sold [C] _ _ [E] brooches. _
[Am] My [C] father's [D] a gambling [F] man [Am] down [E] in New [Am] Orleans.
[E] _
[Am] Now the only [C] _ [D] thing a gambler [F] needs [Am] is a suit [C] _ [E] and a trunk. _
[Am] And the only [C] time [D] he's [F] satisfied [Am] is when [E] he's all [Am] drunk.
[C] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ [Am] Now mother, [Am] tell [D] your [F] children [Am] not to do what [C] _
[E] I've done.
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _
[D] And [F] misery [Am] in the house [E] of a rising [Am] sun.
[E] _ [Am] I got on _ [C] _
[D] the platform [F] _ [Am] in the _ [C] _
[E] old tree.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] To New [F] Orleans [Am] to where the [E] bars were [Am] chained.
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F] There is a [Am] house in [C] _ [E] New Orleans, ancient son. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] And it's [D] been the ruin of many a [F] poor boy.
_ [Am] And God, _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I know I'm wrong.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [E] ancient son. _
[Am] And it's been [C] the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy.
[Am] And God, [E] I know _ [Am] I'm wrong.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
[Am] My mother's [C] _ [D] a tailor.
[F] _
[Am] She sold [C] _ _ [E] brooches. _
[Am] My [C] father's [D] a gambling [F] man [Am] down [E] in New [Am] Orleans.
[E] _
[Am] Now the only [C] _ [D] thing a gambler [F] needs [Am] is a suit [C] _ [E] and a trunk. _
[Am] And the only [C] time [D] he's [F] satisfied [Am] is when [E] he's all [Am] drunk.
[C] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ [Am] Now mother, [Am] tell [D] your [F] children [Am] not to do what [C] _
[E] I've done.
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _
[D] And [F] misery [Am] in the house [E] of a rising [Am] sun.
[E] _ [Am] I got on _ [C] _
[D] the platform [F] _ [Am] in the _ [C] _
[E] old tree.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] To New [F] Orleans [Am] to where the [E] bars were [Am] chained.
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F] There is a [Am] house in [C] _ [E] New Orleans, ancient son. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] And it's [D] been the ruin of many a [F] poor boy.
_ [Am] And God, _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I know I'm wrong.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _