House Of The Rising Sun Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays645

House Of The Rising Sun by Rebel Son is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, D, F and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro: Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 

      Am   C        D            F 
There is a house in New Orleans, 
     Am         C      E7 
They call the ? Rising Sun?, 
         Am       C       D           F 
and It's been the ruin of many a poor boy 
    Am          E7    Am 
And God, I know I, am one. 

C D F Am E7 Am E7 

   Am     C     D       F 
My mother  was a tailor, 
    Am          C        E7 
She sewed these old blue jeans, 
   Am     CD             F 
My father  was a gambler 
Am      E7     Am     E7 
down in New Or leans. 

        Am   C       D             F 
Now the only thing a gambler needs 
     Am       C     E7 
is a suitcase and a trunk 
        Am   C          D           F 
and the only time, when he is satis fied, 
   Am        E7   Am     E7 
is when He?s on a drunk. 

Am C D F Am C E7 Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 

            Am     C         D        F 
sweet young mother  tell your children 
       Am     C           E7 
Not to do the things I've done - 
       Am             C             D           F 
go and burn down that house down in New Orleans 
    Am                E7     Am  E7 
the one they call the Rising Sun  pause 

      Am       C      D         F 
I got One foot on the platform, 
    Am         C      E7 
The other foot on the train, 
        Am    C       D            F 
and I'm going back to New Orleans, 
   Am        E7       Am 
to wear that ball and chain. 

Am C D F Am C E7 Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 

      Am   C             D            F 
there is a house down in New Orleans, 
     Am       C      E7 
they call the Rising Sun 
         Am       C       D           F 
and It's been the ruin of many a poor boy 
    Am          E7    Am 
And God, I know I, am one. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante