House Of The Rising Sun(Chords)

	        



Intro:  Am C D F Am C E E  
  
 Am         C        D     F  
There is a house in New Orleans,  
Am            G      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 E   
And God, I know, I'm one  
  
Am        C     D     F  
My mother was a tailor  
Am            G      E  
She sewed my new blue jeans  
    Am     C       D       F  
My father was a gambling man  
Am         E   Am    C D F Am E Am E  
Down in New Orleans  
  
  
Am         C        D     F  
And the only things a gambler needs  
Am            G      E  
Is a suitcase and a trunk  
    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 all a-drunk  
  
Am         C        D     F  
I've got one foot on the platform  
Am            G      E  
The other foot on the train  
    Am   C       D           F  
I'm going back to New Orleans  
Am         E         Am    C D F Am E Am E  
To wear the ball and chain  
  
Am         C        D     F  
So mothers, tell your children  
Am            G      E  
Not to do what I have done  
    Am   C       D           F  
Spend your life in sin and misery  
Am         E         Am    C D F Am E Am E  
In the house of the Rising Sun  
  
Am         C        D     F  
There is a house in New Orleans,  
Am            C      E    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  
       Am            C  

Enjoy!
	        

Written by Alan Price