🎵 House of the Rising Sun

Intro | Am | C | D | F | | Am | E | Am | E | Verse 1 Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans, Am C E They call the "Rising Sun", Am C D F 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 (organ plays E7) Verse 2 Am C D F My mother was a tailor (organ: F7) Am C E She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7) Am C D F My father was a gambling man, Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7) Verse 3 Am C D F Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7) Am C E Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7) Am C D F And the only time, he's satisfied, Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7) Verse 4 Am C D F O, mother, tell your children (organ: F7) Am C E Not to do what I have done (organ: E7) Am C D F Spend your lives in sin and misery Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7) Verse 5 Am C D F Well, I've got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7) Am C E The other foot on the train (organ: E7) Am C D F I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7) Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E | To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9) Verse 6 Am C D F Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7) Am C E They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7) Am C D F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E7 | Am | C | D | F7 | Am | E7 | And God, I know, I'm one