Chords for Shawn Mullins, "House of the Rising Sun" - KFOG Archives

[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] There _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
is [C] a house [D] in _ New [F] Orleans _ [Am] They _ call [C] the _ Rising [E] _ Sun
_ [G#] _ _ _ [A] It's been _ [G] the [C] ruin of [F#m] many [D] a poor [F] girl _ And [Am] _ me, [E] oh God, _ _ [Am] I'm one
[C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] My mother _ [C] _
was [D] a tailor _ [F] And _ [Em] [Am] she sewed [C] these new [Em] blue [E] jeans
_ _ And _ [Am] my _ _ [C] sweetheart was _ [D] a _ [G] [F] gambler, Lord [Am] Way down [E] in New _ [Am] Orleans
_ _ [C] Now [D] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] the only [C] _
thing _ [F#m] a gambler [D] [F] needs _ _ [Am] Is a suitcase, [C] _
a [Em] suitcase [E] and a trunk _ _
_ And [Am] the only [C] _
time _ [D] _ he's [F] _
satisfied _ [Am] Is when _ [E] he's on [Em] a [Am] drunk
_ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, [A] he filled [Em] his glasses _
[F#m] [D] up to the [F] brim And [Em]
[Am] he _ passed [C] the cards _
[E] _ around
_ _ And _
[Am] the only _ [C] pleasure _ [G]
[D] that he gets out of his own [F] life _ [Am] Is when he rambles _ [E] from town [Am] to town
[C] So [D] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] go and tell [C] _ my baby [D] _ _
sister [F] _ _ Yeah, [Em] tell her [Am] not to do _ [C] what I _ [E] have done
_ _ _ Go [Am] and show [C] her that house _ [D] down in New [F] Orleans _ _ [Em] [Am] They call _ [E] the _ _ _ [Am]
Rising Sun
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now [Am] it's one _ [C] foot on the [D] _
platform _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] And the other _ [C] foot on _ [E] the train
_ _ _ _ [Am] I'm _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] going back to New [F] Orleans And [Am] I'm gonna wear _ [E] that ball and [Am]
chain
Yes I [C] am [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Yeah, [A] there is [C] a house _ [D] down in New [F] Orleans
_ They [Am] _
call [C] the _ [E] Rising _ Sun _ _ _ _ _ [A] It's been [C] the ruin _ [F#m] of [D] many a [F] poor girl
_ [A] And God, _ [E] I know _ _ [A] I'm one
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