Chords for There is a House in New Orleans

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Eb

C

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There is a House in New Orleans chords
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[A] [C] [D]
[F] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] There is [Am]
[C] a house [D] in New Orleans
[F]
They [A] call [C] the Rising [E] Sun
And [A] it's been [C] the ruin
[D] of many a poor [F] boy
[A]
And God, [E] I know [A] I'm [Am] one
[C] [D]
[F] [Am]
[E] [A] [Am]
[E] [Am] My [C]
[D] mother's tailor [F]
[Am] sewed [C]
[E] blue jeans
[Am] My [C] father's [D] a gambling [F] man
[Am]
Down [E] in New [A] [Am] Orleans
[C] [D]
[F] [Am]
[E] [A] [Am] [E]
[Am] Now the only [C]
[D] thing he gambles [F] with
Is [Am] a suitcase [C] and [E] a truck
[Am] And the only [C] time [D] he is [F] satisfied
[Am] Is when [E] he's on a [Am] truck
[C] [D] [F]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F] [Am]
[C] [G] [E]
[Am]
[C] [D] [F]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] Oh [Am] mother, [C] tell your [D] children
[F] Not [Am] to go
[C] [E] out with them
[Am] Spend [C] your last [D] misery
[F]
In [Am] the house [E] of the Rising [A] [Am] Sun
[C] [D]
[F] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] Well, [Am] if
[C] [D] I want [F]
[Am] the old [C]
[E] train
I'm [Am] [C] going back [D] to New [F] Orleans
[Am] To wear that [E] [Am] marlin chain
[C] [D]
[F] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [E] Well, [C]
[D] in New [F] Orleans
[Am] They call [C] [E] the Rising Sun
And [Am] it's [C] been the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy
[Am] And God, [E] I know [Am] I'm one
[C]
[D] [F] [Am]
Oh, oh, [E] oh, oh, oh
[Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[F] [Am]
We [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] had a dog [Ab] named Bo Seifus
[Eb] Living in the [Db] front yard
[Ab] He liked sleeping [Eb] out on top of the [Db] car
He [Ab] drank beer out [Eb] of a mason [Ab] jar
[Db] And he'd climb up on every one in [Eb] bed
[Db] A [Ab] white frame house for a college [Db] town
A [Ab] bunch of people always hanging [Db] around
No [Ab] real problems we needed to ground
But [Db] we tried our best [Eb] anyway
We [Bbm]
went [Gb] to class just to pass the [Bbm] time
Back [Eb] in 89 we [Dbm] had a [Ab] keg in the closet
[Eb] He'd throw on [Db] the floor
[Ab] Left on us [Eb] from the night before
[Db] Where we [Ab] were going [Eb] we didn't [Ab] really care
We [Gb] had all we ever [Eb] wanted
In that keg in [Db] the [Ab]
closet
[Db] [Ab] This [Cm] [Db] [Ab] old guitar taught me how to [Db] score
Right [Ab]
there on [Eb] the lambda-chi [Db] porch
[Ab] Mary Ann taught [Eb] me a little [Ab] more
[Db] About a woman you can't [Eb] have
[Ab] Sweat shirts [Eb] and black [Db] [Ab] football
Spring breaks [Eb] down in [Db] Panama
[Ab] For a while [Eb] we had [Ab] it all
But we [Db] never dreamed it wouldn't [Eb] last
[Bbm]
We went [Gb] to class just to pass the [Bbm] time
Back [Eb] in 89 we [Db] had a keg [Ab] in the closet
He'd throw on [Db] the floor
[Ab] Left on us [Eb] from the night [Ab] before
Where [Db] we [Ab] were going [Eb] we didn't really [Fm] care
We [Gb] had all we ever [Eb] wanted
In that keg in [Db] the [Ab]
closet
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Fm] We [Gb] all kind of went [Ab] our separate ways
[Fm]
But I [Gb] swear it seems [Eb] like yesterday
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] Keg [Fm] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Gb]
[Db] [Ab] in the closet, [Eb] pizza [Db] on the floor
Left [Ab]
over [Eb] from the night before
[Db] Where we [Ab] were going [Eb] we didn't really [Ab] care
We [Gb] had all we ever [Eb] wanted
In that [Ab] keg in the closet
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db]
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Am
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Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
C
3211
Am
2311
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
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[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] There is [Am]
[C] a house [D] in New Orleans
[F] _
They [A] _ call [C] _ the Rising [E] _ Sun
And _ [A] it's been _ [C] the ruin _
[D] of many a poor [F] boy
_ [A]
And God, [E] I know _ [A] I'm [Am] one
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] My _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] mother's tailor _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ sewed [C] _ _
[E] blue jeans _ _ _
[Am] My _ _ _ [C] _ _ father's [D] a gambling [F] man
_ _ [Am]
Down [E] in New _ _ [A] [Am] Orleans
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] Now the only [C] _ _
[D] thing he _ gambles [F] with
Is _ [Am] a _ suitcase [C] _ and [E] a truck
_ _ _ _ [Am] And the _ only [C] _ time [D] he is [F] satisfied
_ _ [Am] Is when [E] he's on a [Am] truck _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ Oh [Am] mother, _ [C] _ _ tell your [D] children _
_ [F] Not [Am] to go _ _
[C] _ _ [E] out with them _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Spend [C] your _ last [D] _ misery
_ [F] _
In [Am] the house [E] of the Rising [A] _ [Am] Sun
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [E] _ Well, [Am] if _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] I want [F] _
_ _ [Am] the old [C] _ _
_ [E] train
_ _ _ I'm [Am] _ _ [C] going back [D] to New _ [F] Orleans
_ [Am] To wear that [E] _ _ [Am] marlin chain _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] Well, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] in New _ [F] Orleans
_ [Am] They call _ [C] _ _ [E] the Rising _ _ _ Sun
And [Am] it's _ [C] been the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy
_ [Am] And God, [E] I know _ [Am] I'm one
_ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am]
Oh, oh, [E] oh, oh, oh
[Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ had a dog [Ab] named Bo Seifus
[Eb] Living in the [Db] front yard
[Ab] He liked sleeping [Eb] out on top of the [Db] car
He [Ab] drank beer out [Eb] of a mason [Ab] jar
[Db] And he'd climb up on every one in [Eb] bed
_ _ [Db] A [Ab] white frame house for a college [Db] town
_ A [Ab] bunch of people always hanging [Db] around
No [Ab] real problems we needed to ground
But [Db] we tried our best [Eb] anyway
_ We [Bbm] _ _
went [Gb] to class just to pass the [Bbm] time
Back [Eb] in 89 we [Dbm] had a [Ab] keg in the closet
[Eb] He'd throw on [Db] the floor
_ [Ab] Left on us [Eb] from the night before
[Db] Where we [Ab] were going [Eb] we didn't [Ab] really care
We [Gb] had all we ever [Eb] wanted
In that keg in [Db] the _ [Ab] _
closet
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] This _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] old guitar taught me how to [Db] score
_ Right [Ab]
there on [Eb] the lambda-chi [Db] porch
_ [Ab] Mary Ann taught [Eb] me a little [Ab] more
[Db] About a woman you can't [Eb] have
_ _ [Ab] Sweat shirts [Eb] and black [Db] _ [Ab] football
Spring breaks [Eb] down in [Db] Panama
_ [Ab] For a while [Eb] we had [Ab] it all
But we [Db] never dreamed it wouldn't [Eb] last
_ _ [Bbm] _ _
We went [Gb] to class just to pass the [Bbm] time
Back [Eb] in 89 we [Db] had a keg [Ab] in the closet
He'd throw on [Db] the floor
_ [Ab] Left on us [Eb] from the night [Ab] before
Where [Db] we [Ab] were going [Eb] we didn't really [Fm] care
We [Gb] had all we ever [Eb] wanted
In that keg in [Db] the _ [Ab] _
closet
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ We [Gb] all kind of went [Ab] our separate ways
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
But I [Gb] swear it seems [Eb] like _ _ yesterday
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ [Db] Keg _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] in the closet, [Eb] pizza [Db] on the floor
Left [Ab]
over [Eb] from the night before
[Db] Where we [Ab] were going [Eb] we didn't really [Ab] care
We [Gb] had all we ever [Eb] wanted
In that [Ab] keg in the _ _ closet _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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