The Animals —
House of the Rising Sun

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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 116 beats per minute

Traditional Folk Song

Intro: :6/8: Cm Cm7 | D#
       F Fadd11 | G# G#add9
       Cm | G Gadd9+ | Cm Cm7 | G Gadd9+

      Cm   D#       F            G#
There is a house in New Orleans,
     Cm       D#     G
They call the Rising Sun.
Gadd9+   Cm       D#      F             G#
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
     Cm     G    Gadd9+ Cm
And, God, I know I’m one.

Instrumental: :6/8: Cm | D#
              F F6 | G# G#add11+
              Cm Cm7 | G G7 | Cm | G G7

   Cm     D#    F       G#7
My mother was a tailor,
    Cm       D#       G7
She sewed my new blue jeans.
   Cm     D#    F        G#
My father was a gambling man
Cm      G7    Cm
Down in New Orleans.

Instrumental: :6/8: Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7 | Cm | G7

         Cm   D#      F       G#7
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
     Cm       D#    G7
Is a suitcase and a trunk.
        Cm   D#      F        G#
And the only time he’s satisfied
   Cm        G7      Cm
Is when he’s on a drunk.

Instrumental: :6/8: Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7 | Cm | G7

              Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | D#6 | G7 | G7

              Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7

              Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7 | Cm | G7

    Cm    D#              F    G#7
Oh, mother, tell your children
       Cm      D#     G7
Not to do what I have done.
Cm         D#       F              G#7
Spend your lives in sin and misery
       Cm           G7       Cm
In the house of the Rising Sun.

Instrumental: :6/8: Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7 | Cm | G7sus4

               Cm       D#        F      G#7
Well, I’ve got one foot on the platform,
    Cm         D#        G7
The other foot on the train.
    Cm    D#      F           G#7
I’m going back to New Orleans
   Cm        G7          Cm
To wear that ball and chain.

Instrumental: :6/8: Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7 | Cm | G7sus4

            Cm   D#       F        G#7
Well, there is a house in New Orleans,
     Cm       D#     G7
They call the Rising Sun.
         Cm       D#      F           G#
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
     Cm     G7       Cm
And, God, I know I’m one.

Instrumental: :6/8: Cm | D# | F | G#
              Cm | G7 | Cm

              Fmadd9 | Cm  } 4 times
              Fmadd9 Fm9 | Cm9