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House Of The Rising Sun

by The Animals

Written by: Traditional

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Traditional The Animals Dm F G Bb Dm F ^There | is s^a house e^in | New w^Or leans s^they | call l^the Ris s^ing | A7 Dm F G Bb | Sun nn nn ~ And=it's | been n^the ruin n^of | man^y (y^a^poor) boy y^And | Dm A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A7 Dm A7 | God d^I ^know ww ^I'm | one ee ee ee | / / / / | / / / / | / / / ~ ^My | Dm F G Bb Dm F ||: moth h^er was s^a | ^tai lor r rr rr | She^sewed d^my new w^blue | ||: on n^ly thing g^a | ^gamb ler r needs s Is=a | suit t^case and d^a | A7 Dm F G Bb | jeans ss ss ~ ^My | fath h^er was s^a | ^ga mb ^ling man n ~ | | trunk kk kk And^the | on n^ly time e^he'll | ^b ee sat=is fied d^is | Dm A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A7 Dm A7 1. | Down n^in ^Ne ww ^Or | leans ss ss ss | / / / / | / / / / | / / / ~ Now=the :|| Dm A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A7 Dm A7 2. | When n^he's ^a ll ^a | drunk kk kk kk | / / / / | / / / / | / / / ~ ^Oh | Dm F G Bb Dm F | ^moth er r tell l^your | ^chil dren n nn (n^Not^to) | do o^what I.I^have | A7 Dm F G Bb | done ee ee ee | Spend d^your ^liv es ^in | sin^and (d^mis^er) yy (y^In^the) | Dm A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A7 Dm A7 | house (e^of^the) ^Ri is ^ing | Sun nn nn nn | / / / / | / / / / | / / ~ ^Well (l^Ive^got) | Dm F G Bb Dm F ||: one e^foot on n^the | ^plat form m mm ~ ^The | oth (h^er^foot) on n^the | ||: is s^a house e^in | ^New Or r leans ~ ^They | call l^the Ri i^sing | A7 Dm F G Bb | train nn nn ~ ^I'm | go o^ing ^ba ck ^to | ^New Or r leans s^To | | Sun nn nn ~ And=it's | been n^the ^ru in ^of | man^y a^poor boy y^And | Dm A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A7 Dm A7 1. | wear r^that ^ba ll ^and | chain nn nn nn | / / / / | / / / / | / / ~ ^Well there :|| Dm A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A7 Dm 2. | god d^I ^kn ow ^I'm | one ee ee ee | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||

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House Of The Rising Sun is performed by The Animals and written by Traditional. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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