House Of The Rising Sun   trad

 (I like a capo on 5th fret)

INTRO

Am - C - D - F - Am - C – E - E       Am - C - D - F - Am - E - Am - E

            Am   C             D                   F           Am        C          E    E
There is a   house in New Orleans   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

      Am          C         D       F           Am              C              E   E
My mother   was a tailor      she sewed my new blue jeans
 
      Am      C          D             F       Am         E          Am  C  D  F  Am  E  Am E
My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans
 
                Am   C          D             F                  Am         C       E      E
Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk
 
             Am   C           D      F       Am            E      Am C  D F Am E Am E
And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk

SOLO

       Am       C                 D            F           Am        C            E     E
Oh mother    tell your children   not to do what I have done

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

                   Am           C            D            F           Am            C         E   E
Well, I got one foot  on the platform      the other foot on the train

        Am    C           D          F             Am           E               Am  C  D F Am E  Am 
I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain