House Of The Rising Sun Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays540

House Of The Rising Sun by Joan Baez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dm, F, A7, Bb, D7 and Bdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:

Dm F A7 Dm  A7  Dm  A7 

verse 1 

Dm             F         A7    Dm 
    There is a house in New Orleans, 
     Bb       D7     A7 
They call the Rising Sun. 
         Dm       F       A7          Dm 
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl, 
    Bdim   A7       Dm   A7  Dm  A7 
And me, oh God, for one. 

verse 2 

   Dm    F           A7             Dm  
If I had listened to what my mother said, 
         Bb      D7     A7    
I'd have been at home today, 
    Bb    D7        A7           Dm 
But I was young and foolish, oh, God, 
      Bdim    A7        Dm   A7  Dm  A7 
Let a rambler lead me astray. 

verse 3
 
   Dm      F    A7            Dm  
Go tell my baby sister, 
      Bb      D7     A7 
Don't do what I have done, 
     Dm      F        A7    Dm 
But shun the house in New Orleans, 
     Bdim     A7     Dm   A7  Dm  A7 
They call the Rising Sun. 

verse 4
 
    Dm    F       A7     Dm  
I'm going back to New Orleans, 
   Bb      D7     A7 
My race is almost run, 
    Dm    F       A7       Dm 
I'm going back to spend my life 
  Bdim       A7     Dm    
Beneath that Rising Sun. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante