The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun Chords

[intro]
Am  C  D  F
Am  E  Am  E

[verse 1]
      Am   C        D           F
There is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one.

[instrumental]
C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E

[verse 2]
   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 gamblin' man
Am      E      Am
Down in New Or-leans

[instrumental]
C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E

[verse 3]
         Am   C       D       F
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
     Am       C     E
Is a suitcase and a trunk
        Am   C         D          F
And the only time that he's satisfied
   Am        E    Am
Is when he's on a drunk

[instrumental]
C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E

[organ solo]
Am  C  D  F
Am  C  E  E
Am  C  D  F
Am  E
Am  C  D  F
Am  E  Am  E

[verse 4]
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 lives in sin and misery
       Am           E      Am
In the house of the risin' sun.

[instrumental]
C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E

[verse 5]
               Am       C      D        F
Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
    Am         C      E
the other foot on the train.
    Am    C       D           F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
   Am        E        Am
To wear that ball and chain.

[instrumental]
C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E

[verse 6]
            Am   C        D           F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C        D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one.

[outro]
C  D  F
Am  E
Am  Dm  Am  Dm  Am  Dm
Am  Dm  Am  Dm  Am