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HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals
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Tab by Nathan Lambert, based on the tab by Chayes.
I made some changes to Chayes' tab. Mainly, I made it more compact so I
could see the lyrics better, but I left the Intro chords as an example of the
picking pattern. The *'s are where you should be keeping time somehow! In the
comments section of another tab, some people said they were having trouble
with the "extra" notes, so I put those in parentheses (). Playing them does
sound more like the song, but your (probably drunk) friends won't care if you
leave em out. I also fixed how the chords lined up with the lyrics to
something that makes more sense to me. Hope this helps someone. Cheers!
Tuning: Standard
Intro
* * * * * * * *
Am C D F
e|--------0----------------0-------------(2)-2-------------(1)-1------------|
B|-------1--1-------------1--1-----------3-----3-----------1-----1----------|
G|------2-----2----------0-----0--------2--------2--------2--------2--------|
D|----(2)--------------(2)---------(2)-0-------------(0)-3------------------|
A|----0------------(2)-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|-(0)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
Am E Am E
e|--------0------------------------------0----------------------------------|
B|-------1--1------------0--------------1--1----------------0---------------|
G|------2-----2---------1--1-----------2-----2-------------1--1-------------|
D|----(2)--------------2-----2-------(2)------------------2-----2-----------|
A|----0--------------(2)-------------0------------------(2)-----------------|
E|-(0)-----------(0)-0------------(0)---------------(0)-0-------------------|
First verse
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
And, God, I know I'm one
Interlude
D F Am E Am E
Second verse
Am C D F
My mother was a tailor
Am C E E
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am C D F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am E Am C
Down in New Orleans
Interlude
D F Am E Am E
Third verse
Am C D F
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Am C E E
is a suitcase and a trunk
Am C D F
And the only time that he's satisfied
Am E Am C
is when he's on a drunk
Interlude
D F Am E Am E
Organ solo
Fourth verse
Am C D F
Oh, mother, tell your children
Am C E E
not to do what I have done
Am C D F
spend your lives in sin and misery
Am E Am C
in the house of the Rising Sun
Interlude
D F Am E Am E
Fifth verse
Am C D F
Well I've got one foot on the platform
Am C E E
the other foot on the train
Am C D F
I'm going back to New Orleans
Am E Am C
to wear that ball and chain
Interlude
D F Am E Am E
Sixth verse
Am C D F
Well 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
And, God, I know I'm one
Outro
Strum each of these chords (same chords as Interlude) once while the
organ plays, and end on an Am if you want.
D F Am E Am E Am
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