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House of the Rising Sun, Key of Am, All Six Verses

by The Animals

Type:
Chromatic
Level:
Intermediate
Posted by:
Shogun692

House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals), Key of Am, Lyrics, Chords, Harptabs for C Chromatic Harmonica

 

[Intro]:  Am   C | D  F | Am  E7 |

 

[Verse 1]

      Am    C        D     F

There is a house in New Or-leans

2     -3 -4  5    6   -4 -3  -3

     Am        C      E7

They call the Ris-ing Sun

-7    -7  -7   7  6    6

         Am         C     D           F

And it's been the ruin of man-y a poor boy

-7  -7   -7   -4   5   6  -5 -3 -3 -3   -3

    Am     E7       Am  C | D  F | Am  E7 | Am  E7

And God I know I'm one

-3  -3  -3 3*  3*   -3

 

[Verse 2]

    Am     C      D      F

My moth-er was a tail-or

-7 -7   -7 7   5  -5  -3

    Am        C        E7

She sewed my new blue jeans

-7  -7    -7  7  6     6

   Am      C      D         F

My fa-ther was a gamb-lin' man

-7 -7 -7    7  5  -5   -3    4

Am      E7      Am    C | D  F | Am  E7

Down in New Or-leans

-3   -3 3*  3*  -3

 

[Verse 3]

         Am   C       D         F

Now the on-ly thing a gamb-ler needs

-7  -7  -7 -7 7     5 -5   -3  -3

      Am        C     E7

Is a suit-case and a trunk

-7 -7 -7  -7   7   6  6

Am             C         D          F

And the on-ly time he’ll be sat-is-fied

-7  -7  -7 -7  7   5     -5 -3  -3  4

    Am       E7     Am    C | D  F | Am  E7 | Am  E7

Is when he's on  a  drunk

-3  -3  -3   3*  3*  -3


 

[Verse 4]   

    Am       C         D         F

Oh mo-thers tell your child-ren

2  -3  -3    4   6     -5    -3

       Am      C 

Not to do what I have done

-7  -7 -7  -7  7  6     6

Am                  D                F

Spend your lives in sin and mis-er-y

-7    -7   5     5  -5   -3 -3  -3 5

      Am           E7        Am  C | D  F | Am  E7

In the House of the Ri-sing Sun

-3 -3  -3    -3 -3  3*  3*   -3

 

[Verse 5]

               Am       C      D         A

Well, I’ve got one foot on the plat-form

-7    -7    -7  -7  -7  7   5   -5   -3

    Am          C        E7

The o-ther foot on the train

-7  -7 -7   -7  -7  7   6

    Am      C      D

I'm go-in' back to New Or-leans

-7  -7 -7  6    5  -5  -3  -3

   Am        E7        Am    C | D  F | Am  E7

To wear that ball and chain

-3  -3  -3   3*   3*  -3

 

[Verse 6]

            Am    C       D       F

Well, there is  a  house in New Or-leans

-7     -7   -7 -7  7     5  -5  -3  -3

      Am      C       E7

They call the Ris-ing Sun

-7   -7   -7  7   6   6

         Am        C      D              F

And it's been the ruin of man-y a poor boy

-7  -7   -7   -7  6    5  -5 -3 -3 3   -3

Am         E7      Am     C

And God I know I'm one

-3  -3  -3 3*  3*  -3

 

[Outro]:  D  F | Am  E7 | Am

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