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The House of the Rising Sun - lonelypicker       mp3
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  Artist: The Animals  Video
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Standard Tuning - 6/8 Time
Intro:  Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E


   Am              C               D
    _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------2-----|
B|-------1---1---|-------1---1---|-----3-----3---|
G|-----2-------2-|-----0-------0-|---2---2-----2-|
D|---2-----------|---2-----------|-0-------------|
A|-0-------------|-3-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|
There is a        house in         New

    F              Am              C
    _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------1---5-|-5-----5-----5-|-3-------0-----|
B|-------1---1---|-----5-----5---|-------1-----3-|
G|-----2---------|---5-----5-----|-----0-----0---|
D|---3-----------|---------------|---2-----------|
A|---------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|
E|-1-------------|---------------|---------------|
   Orleans    They call         the Risin'

   E               E
    _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-0-------0-----|---------0--s5-|
B|-------0---0---|-------0---0---|
G|-----1-------1-|-----1---------|
D|---2-----------|---2-----------|
A|---------------|---------------|
E|-0-------------|-0-------------|
    Sun                     And it's

   Am              C               D/F#
    _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-5-------5---5-|-3-------0---0-|---------2-----|
B|-----5-----5---|-------1---1---|-3-----3---3---|
G|---5---5-------|-----0---------|-----2-------2-|
D|---------------|---2-----------|---0-----------|
A|-0-------------|-3-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-2-------------|
   been the        ruin of         many a   poor

   F               Am              E
    _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------1-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|
B|-------1---1---|-------1---1---|-0-----0---0---|
G|-----2-------2-|-2---2-------2-|-----1-------1-|
D|---3-----------|---2-----------|---2-----------|
A|---------------|-0-------------|---------------|
E|-1-------------|---------------|-0-------------|
   boy.        And God, I          know I'm

    Am             E
    _ _ _   _ _     _ _ _   _ _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | 
e|---------0-----|---------0-----|
B|-------1---1---|-0-----0---0---|
G|-2---2-------2-|-----1-------1-|
D|---2-----------|---2-----------|
A|-0-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-0-------------|
  one.

...............

Lyrics and Chords
-----------------

Intro:  Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E


     Am    C        D           F
There is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E          E
They call the Risin' 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.

My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans.

Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Organ Solo:  1 Verse 

Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the Risin' Sun.

Well, I've got one foot on the platform.
The other foot on the train.
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I'm one.
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