The Animals —
House of the Rising Sun

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

Traditional Folk Song

Intro: :6/8: Fm Fm7 | G#
       Bb Bbadd11 | C# C#add9
       Fm | C Cadd9+ | Fm Fm7 | C Cadd9+

      Fm   G#       Bb           C#
There is a house in New Orleans,
     Fm       G#     C
They call the Rising Sun.
Cadd9+   Fm       G#      Bb            C#
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
     Fm     C    Cadd9+ Fm
And, God, I know I’m one.

Instrumental: :6/8: Fm | G#
              Bb Bb6 | C# C#add11+
              Fm Fm7 | C C7 | Fm | C C7

   Fm     G#    Bb      C#7
My mother was a tailor,
    Fm       G#       C7
She sewed my new blue jeans.
   Fm     G#    Bb       C#
My father was a gambling man
Fm      C7    Fm
Down in New Orleans.

Instrumental: :6/8: Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7 | Fm | C7

         Fm   G#      Bb      C#7
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
     Fm       G#    C7
Is a suitcase and a trunk.
        Fm   G#      Bb       C#
And the only time he’s satisfied
   Fm        C7      Fm
Is when he’s on a drunk.

Instrumental: :6/8: Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7 | Fm | C7

              Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | G#6 | C7 | C7

              Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7

              Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7 | Fm | C7

    Fm    G#              Bb   C#7
Oh, mother, tell your children
       Fm      G#     C7
Not to do what I have done.
Fm         G#       Bb             C#7
Spend your lives in sin and misery
       Fm           C7       Fm
In the house of the Rising Sun.

Instrumental: :6/8: Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7 | Fm | C7sus4

               Fm       G#        Bb     C#7
Well, I’ve got one foot on the platform,
    Fm         G#        C7
The other foot on the train.
    Fm    G#      Bb          C#7
I’m going back to New Orleans
   Fm        C7          Fm
To wear that ball and chain.

Instrumental: :6/8: Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7 | Fm | C7sus4

            Fm   G#       Bb       C#7
Well, there is a house in New Orleans,
     Fm       G#     C7
They call the Rising Sun.
         Fm       G#      Bb          C#
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
     Fm     C7       Fm
And, God, I know I’m one.

Instrumental: :6/8: Fm | G# | Bb | C#
              Fm | C7 | Fm

              Bbmadd9 | Fm  } 4 times
              Bbmadd9 Bbm9 | Fm9