Chords for The Animals "House Of The Rising Sun" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Tempo:
81.3 bpm
Chords used:

Am

E

A

C

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Animals "House Of The Rising Sun" on The Ed Sullivan Show chords
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All of us!
[Am]
[C] [D] [F] [A]
[E] Come on.
[A] [E] [A] ♪ Darkness, [C] our house [D] and you, our [F] lands [A]
♪ They [Am] call the [E] rising sun, yeah ♪
[A] ♪ And [Am] it's been [C] the ruin [D] of many [F] a fall [Am]
♪ And God, [E] I know [Am] I'm one, [C] [D] oh [F] yeah [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] My [Am] man, [C] [D] Taylor, [F] [A] [Am] she's so [C] new, [E] blue jeans, yeah.
[A] [Am] [C] [D] She's a [F] gambling [A] man down [E] in New [A] Orleans.
[C] [D] [F] [A] Yeah.
[E] [Am] [E] [Am]
[C] [D] [F] [Am]
[C] [E] Yeah.
[A]
[C] [D] [F] [A]
[E] [A] [Am] [D] Yeah.
Oh, [F] [A] [E] [A] [Am]
[E] [Am] mother, [C] tell [D] your children, yeah, [F] [Am] not to do [C] what [E] I have done.
[Am] [C] [D] I've seen sinner [F] misery [Am] in a house, [E] a cold [Am] rise and sun.
[C] [D] [F] [Am]
[E] [A] [E] [Am]
[C] [D] Yeah.
In New [F] Orleans, [Am]
[C] [E] [Am] I've seen [C] a [D] man, [F] oh, boy, [Am] and God, [E] I know [Am] I'm wrong.
[C] [D] Yeah.
[F] [Am] [E] [A]
[Dm] [Am]
Key:  
Am
2311
E
2311
A
1231
C
3211
D
1321
Am
2311
E
2311
A
1231
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To learn The Animals - (Performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show 10/17/64) The House Of The Rising Sun chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - C, D, F, Am, C, E and Am in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 40 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 81. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: A Minor.

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All of us!
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
[E] Come on.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] ♪ Darkness, [C] our house [D] and you, our [F] lands [A]
♪ They [Am] call the [E] rising sun, yeah ♪
[A] ♪ And [Am] it's been [C] the ruin [D] of many [F] a fall [Am]
♪ And God, [E] I know [Am] I'm one, _ [C] _ [D] oh [F] yeah [A]
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [A] My [Am] man, _ [C] _ [D] Taylor, [F] _ _ [A] [Am] she's so [C] new, [E] blue jeans, yeah.
_ [A] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [D] She's a [F] gambling [A] man down [E] in New [A] Orleans.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] Yeah.
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [E] Yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ Yeah.
Oh, [F] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _
[E] _ _ [Am] mother, [C] tell [D] your children, yeah, [F] _ [Am] not to do [C] what [E] I have done.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [D] I've seen sinner [F] misery [Am] in a house, [E] a cold [Am] rise and sun.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [D] Yeah.
In New [F] Orleans, _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] I've seen [C] a [D] man, [F] oh, boy, [Am] and God, [E] I know [Am] I'm wrong.
[C] [D] Yeah. _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _

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It's Eric Burdon who authored this song.

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