House Of The Rising Sun
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Intro
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[Verse 1]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the "Rising Sun"
And it's been the ruin of many a
poor boy
And God, I know, I'm one
(organ plays E7)
Verse 2
My mother was a tailor (organ:
F7)
She sewed my new blue jeans
(organ: E7)
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans.
(organ plays E7)
Verse 3
Now the only thing a gambler
needs (organ: F7)
Is a suitcase and a trunk
(organ: E7)
And the only time, he's
satisfied,
Is when he's on a drunk
(organ plays E7)
Organ Solo
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Verse 4
Oh, mother, tell your children
(organ: F7)
Not to do what I have done
(organ: E7)
Spend your lives in sin and
misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
(organ plays E7)
Verse 5
Well, I got one foot on the
platform (organ plays F7)
The other foot on the train
(organ: E7)
I'm going back to New Orleans
(organ: F7)
To wear that ball and chain
(organ plays E7#9)
Verse 6
Well, there is a house in New
Orleans (organ: F7)
They call the "Rising Sun"
(organ: E7)
And it's been the ruin of many a
poor boy
And God, I know, I'm one
Coda
(a tempo)
(ritardando) (organ plays
Am9; guitar equivalent:
x-0-5-5-5-7)
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