Rising Sun Blues Chords
by Doc Watson
Rising Sun Blues by Doc Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, D7, G, A7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A D
verse 1
D D7
There is a house down in New Orleans
G D
They call the Rising Sun
D G
And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy
D A D
And me, oh God , for one
verse 2
D D7
Then fill the glasses to the brim
G D
Let the drinks go merrily around
D G
And we'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy
D A7 D
Who goes from town to town
verse 3
D D7
The only thing that a rounder needs
G D
Is a suitcase and a trunk
D G
And the only time he's satisfied
D A7 D
Is when he's on a drunk
Instrumental
D D7
G D
D G
D7 A7 D
verse 4
D D7
Now boys don't believe what a girl tells you
G D
Though her eyes be blue or brown
D G G7
Unless she's on some scaffold high
D A7 D
Saying "Boys, I can't come down."
Verse 5
D D7
Go tell my youngest brother
G D
Not to do the things I've done
D G
But to shun that house down in New Orleans
D A D
They call the Rising Sun
Instrumental
D D7
G D
D G
D7 A7 D
Verse 6
D D7
I'm going back, back to New Orleans
G D
For my race is nearly run
D G
Gonna spend the rest of my wicked life
D A D
Beneath that Rising Sun