Guitar Chords
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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 116 beats per minute
Traditional Folk Song
Intro: :6/8: Am Am7 | C
D Dadd11 | F Fadd9
Am | E Eadd9+ | Am Am7 | E Eadd9+
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E
They call the Rising Sun.
Eadd9+ Am C D F
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
Am E Eadd9+ Am
And, God, I know I’m one.
Instrumental: :6/8: Am | C
D D6 | F Fadd11+
Am Am7 | E E7 | Am | E E7
Am C D F7
My mother was a tailor,
Am C E7
She sewed my new blue jeans.
Am C D F
My father was a gambling man
Am E7 Am
Down in New Orleans.
Instrumental: :6/8: Am | C | D | F
Am | E7 | Am | E7
Am C D F7
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Am C E7
Is a suitcase and a trunk.
Am C D F
And the only time he’s satisfied
Am E7 Am
Is when he’s on a drunk.
Instrumental: :6/8: Am | C | D | F
Am | E7 | Am | E7
Am | C | D | F
Am | C6 | E7 | E7
Am | C | D | F
Am | E7
Am | C | D | F
Am | E7 | Am | E7
Am C D F7
Oh, mother, tell your children
Am C E7
Not to do what I have done.
Am C D F7
Spend your lives in sin and misery
Am E7 Am
In the house of the Rising Sun.
Instrumental: :6/8: Am | C | D | F
Am | E7 | Am | E7sus4
Am C D F7
Well, I’ve got one foot on the platform,
Am C E7
The other foot on the train.
Am C D F7
I’m going back to New Orleans
Am E7 Am
To wear that ball and chain.
Instrumental: :6/8: Am | C | D | F
Am | E7 | Am | E7sus4
Am C D F7
Well, there is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E7
They call the Rising Sun.
Am C D F
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
Am E7 Am
And, God, I know I’m one.
Instrumental: :6/8: Am | C | D | F
Am | E7 | Am
Dmadd9 | Am } 4 times
Dmadd9 Dm9 | Am9
Published 23.10.17