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