House Of The Rising Sun Chords by The Be Good Tanyas
Tempo:
87.5 bpm
Chords used:
Am
C
E
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [A] [C]
[E]
[C]
[F] [E] [Am]
Oh, there's [C] a house [D] in New [F] Orleans [D] They call [C] it the Rising [E]
Sun
[Am] It's been [C] the ruin [Dm] of many a poor girl [A] And I, I [E] know [Am] I'm one
My mother, she [C] was [D] a tailor, [F] yeah She [Am] sewed [C] my little blue [E]
jeans
My [Am] father, [C] he was a [D] bank gambler And I [Am] died down [Em] in New [Am] Orleans
I got one [C] foot on the [Dm] platform Yeah, [Am] the other [C] hand on the [E] train
And [Am] I am [C] too new for me [A] to ever [Am]
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[C] [D]
[F] [Am] [C] [E]
[Am] [C] [D]
[F] [Am] [E] [Am]
Oh, mother, [C] please tell [D] your children, yeah [Am] Not to do what I [E] might have done
[Am] But we're [C] spending [D] them sitting [F] in this [A] weenie house
[Em] Of the Rising [Am]
Sun
Well, the old [C] blue thing, [D] the gambling [F] queen [Am] Gets to [C] chasing [E] young butchers
[Am] And the old, [C] he will be satisfied
[Am] He loves, there is [C] a house in New Orleans
They call it the [E] Rising Sun
[Am] And it has [C] been the ruin [D] of many [Am] a poor girl And [E] I, I know [Am] I'm one
[C] [Am] [E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Am] [E] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F] [Am] [C] [E]
[Am] [C]
[F]
[E]
[C]
[F] [E] [Am]
Oh, there's [C] a house [D] in New [F] Orleans [D] They call [C] it the Rising [E]
Sun
[Am] It's been [C] the ruin [Dm] of many a poor girl [A] And I, I [E] know [Am] I'm one
My mother, she [C] was [D] a tailor, [F] yeah She [Am] sewed [C] my little blue [E]
jeans
My [Am] father, [C] he was a [D] bank gambler And I [Am] died down [Em] in New [Am] Orleans
I got one [C] foot on the [Dm] platform Yeah, [Am] the other [C] hand on the [E] train
And [Am] I am [C] too new for me [A] to ever [Am]
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[C] [D]
[F] [Am] [C] [E]
[Am] [C] [D]
[F] [Am] [E] [Am]
Oh, mother, [C] please tell [D] your children, yeah [Am] Not to do what I [E] might have done
[Am] But we're [C] spending [D] them sitting [F] in this [A] weenie house
[Em] Of the Rising [Am]
Sun
Well, the old [C] blue thing, [D] the gambling [F] queen [Am] Gets to [C] chasing [E] young butchers
[Am] And the old, [C] he will be satisfied
[Am] He loves, there is [C] a house in New Orleans
They call it the [E] Rising Sun
[Am] And it has [C] been the ruin [D] of many [Am] a poor girl And [E] I, I know [Am] I'm one
[C] [Am] [E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Am] [E] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F] [Am] [C] [E]
[Am] [C]
[F]
Key:
Am
C
E
D
F
Am
C
E
[N] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Oh, there's [C] a house [D] in New _ [F] Orleans [D] They call [C] it the Rising [E]
Sun
_ [Am] It's been [C] the ruin [Dm] of many a poor girl [A] And I, I [E] know [Am] I'm one
_ My mother, she [C] was [D] a tailor, [F] yeah She [Am] sewed [C] my little blue [E]
jeans
My [Am] father, [C] he was a [D] bank gambler And I [Am] died down [Em] in New [Am] Orleans
_ I got one [C] foot on the [Dm] platform Yeah, [Am] the other [C] hand on the [E] train
And [Am] I am [C] _ too new for me [A] to ever _ _ [Am]
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Oh, mother, [C] please tell [D] your children, yeah [Am] Not to do what I [E] might have done
[Am] But we're [C] spending [D] them sitting [F] in this [A] weenie house
[Em] Of the Rising [Am] _
Sun
Well, the old [C] blue thing, [D] the gambling [F] queen [Am] Gets to [C] chasing [E] young butchers
_ [Am] And the old, [C] _ he will be satisfied
[Am] _ He loves, _ _ _ there is [C] a house in New Orleans
They call it the [E] Rising Sun
[Am] And it has [C] been the ruin [D] of many [Am] a poor girl And [E] I, I know [Am] I'm _ one
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
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[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Oh, there's [C] a house [D] in New _ [F] Orleans [D] They call [C] it the Rising [E]
Sun
_ [Am] It's been [C] the ruin [Dm] of many a poor girl [A] And I, I [E] know [Am] I'm one
_ My mother, she [C] was [D] a tailor, [F] yeah She [Am] sewed [C] my little blue [E]
jeans
My [Am] father, [C] he was a [D] bank gambler And I [Am] died down [Em] in New [Am] Orleans
_ I got one [C] foot on the [Dm] platform Yeah, [Am] the other [C] hand on the [E] train
And [Am] I am [C] _ too new for me [A] to ever _ _ [Am]
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Oh, mother, [C] please tell [D] your children, yeah [Am] Not to do what I [E] might have done
[Am] But we're [C] spending [D] them sitting [F] in this [A] weenie house
[Em] Of the Rising [Am] _
Sun
Well, the old [C] blue thing, [D] the gambling [F] queen [Am] Gets to [C] chasing [E] young butchers
_ [Am] And the old, [C] _ he will be satisfied
[Am] _ He loves, _ _ _ there is [C] a house in New Orleans
They call it the [E] Rising Sun
[Am] And it has [C] been the ruin [D] of many [Am] a poor girl And [E] I, I know [Am] I'm _ one
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