The Animals

The House Of The Rising Sun(Keyboard chords)

The Animals

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Key: Am

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	        Intro: 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 its been the ruin of many poor boy     
Am        E       Am     
And god I know I'm one  



Am C D F Am E Am E     

Am        C       D    F     
My mother was a tailor              
Am       C         E          
Sewed my new blue jeans         
Am         C       D      F     
My father was a gambling men      
Am      E     Am     
Down in new Orleans   

Am C D F Am E Am E        

Am            C        D       F        
Now the only things a gambler needs     
Am             C     E         
Is a suitcase and a trunk      
Am            C     D        F     
And the only time he is satisfied     
Am            E      Am    
Is when he is all drunk  

C D F Am E Am E 
 

-Organ solo-     

Am       C           D      F          
Oh mother tell your children      
Am             C       E         
Not to do what I have done     
Am          C       D        F     
Spend your life in sin and misery      
Am                   E           
In the house of the rising sun 

Am C D F Am E Am E Am      

E      Am       C          D         F     
Well i got one foot on the platform     
Am          C            E          
The another one in the train      
Am        C       D          F      
I'm going back to new Orleans     
Am            E         Am       
to wear that ball and chain   

C D F Am C      

      Am    C       D          F       
Well there is a house in New Orleans     
Am             C      E         
They call the rising sun     
Am                C       D         F     
And its been the ruin of many poor boy     
Am         E            
And god I know I'm one  

Am C D F Am E Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am
	        

Written by Alan Price

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