House Of The Rising Sun Chords

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

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  			Traditional...arranged by Bob Dylan and The Animals. This is The Beatles version. 


Intro:  Am C D F Am C E 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 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     D     F  
My mother was a tailor  
Am            C      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            C      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            C      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            C      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! 
    	

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