House of the Rising Sun - traditional______________
In E


<Intro>:  Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E



<Verse 1>              There
Am   C        D     F          Am       C      E    E
Is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun,   and it's
Am       C       D           F        Am     E         Am     C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
Been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God, I know, I'm one


<verse 2>              My
Am     C     D      F    Am       C        E     E
Mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans   my
Am     C     D        F    Am      E     Am    (organ enters) C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
Father was a gamblin' man, down in New Orleans


<verse 3>              Now the
Am   C       D       F           Am        C      E      E
Only thing a gambler needs, is a suitcase, and, a trunk,   and the
Am   C    D         F        Am        E     Am               C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
Only time he's satisfied, is when he's all a drunk



<organ solo over verse structure>
Am, C, D, F, Am, C, E, E
Am, C, D, F, Am, E
Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E



<verse 4>              Oh
Am      C         D        F       Am      C      E      E
Mother, tell your children, not to do what I have done, spend your
Am       C       D      F       Am           E      Am        C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
Lives in sin and misery, in the house of the rising sun


<verse 5>             Well there's
Am       C      D        F    Am         C      E      E
One foot on the platform, the other foot on the train,      I'm
Am    C       D     F         Am        E        Am           C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
Goin' back to New Orleans, to wear that ball and chain


<verse 6>              Well there
Am   C        D     F           Am       C      E    E
Is a house in New Orleans, they call the rising sun,   and it's
Am       C       D           F        Am     E         Am
Been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God, I know, I'm one



<oUtro>
C, D, F7, Am, E, Am, D, Am, D, Am, D, Am, D, Am, D, Am