The House of The Rising Sun / The Animals ~ lyrics and guitar chords

The House of The Rising Sun

The Animals

 Am C D F   Am E Am E
                     Am  C             D                   F
            There is a house in New Orleans
                     Am       C        E   E7
            They call the rising sun
                         Am          C          D                  F
            And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
                   Am      E                Am    C D F   Am E  Am E
            And God, I know, I'm one

            My mother was a tailor
            She sewed my old blue jeans
            My father was a gamblin' man
            Down in New Orleans

            Now the only thing a gambler needs
            Is a suitcase and a trunk
            And the only time he's ever satisfied
            Is when he's on a drunk
                        *Solo*    (verse)

            Oh, mother tell your children
            Not to do what I have done
            Spend your lives in sin and misery
            In the house of the rising sun

            Well, I've got one foot on the platform
            The other foot on the train
            I'm goin' back to New Orleans
            To wear that ball and chain

            Well, there is a house in New Orleans
            They call the rising sun
            And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
                    Am     E               Am  C  D  F    Am E  Am Dm
            And God, I know, I'm one...
                                                                               Am Dm (x4) Am

  Chords:
         Am C  D  F  E  E7 Dm
     e |-0--0--2--1--0--0--1--
     B |-1--1--3--1--0--0--3--
     G |-2--0--2--2--1--1--2--
     D |-2--2--0--3--2--0--0--
     A |-0--3--0--3--2--2--0--
     E |----------1--0--0-----

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