House Of The Rising Sun Chords – The Animals

Intro

Am C D F
Am E Am E

e|-------------0-----------------------0-------------------2---2-------------------1---1-----------|
B|---------1-------1---------------1-------1-------------3---------3-------------1---------1-------|
G|-------2-------------0---------0-------------0-------2---------------0-------2---------------0---|
D|-----2-----------------------2-------------------0-----------------------3-----------------------|
A|-0-----------------------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------0-0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------|
B|---------1-------1----------------(0)----0---------------1-------1-----------------0-----0-------|
G|-------2-------------0-----------1-----------0---------2-------------0-----------1-----------0---|
D|-----2-------------------------2---------------------2-------------------------2-----------------|
A|-0---------------------------2-------------------0---------------------------2-------------------|
E|-------------------------0-----------------------------------------------0-----------------------|

Verse 1

      Am   C        D          F
There is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C       E   E
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                     (organ   plays E7)

Verse 2

   Am     C     D      F
My mother was a tailor (organ: F7)
    Am       C        E     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     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)

Organ Solo

Am C D F
Am C E E
Am C D F
Am E
Am C/E D F
Am E Am E

Verse 4

    Am      C         D        F
Oh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)
       Am      C      E    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 the Rising Sun                    (organ   plays E7)

Verse 5

            Am       C      D        F
Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
    Am         C      E     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    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

Coda

Am Dm    Am Dm Am Dm
(a tempo)
Am               Dm Am Dm Am
(ritardando)              (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)