House Of The Rising Sun Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][D][F][Am][E][Am]

[Verse 1]
[E]There is
[Am]a hous[C]e in New O[D]rleans
[F]They cal[Am]l the Ris[C]ing Sun[E]
And it's [Am]been the [C]ruin
of a [D]many -a -year -young [F]wo man
And [Am]God only k[E]nows I am [Am]one
[E]Yeah, my [Am]mother, [C]worked for noth[D]ing
[F]She [Am]sewed my [C]new blue [E]jeans
And my [Am]father, [C]was a [D]gamblin' man
[F]Down [Am]in New [E]Orlean[Am]s, yeah
[E]Now [Am]you could [C]be a s[D]tranger
[F]A pro[Am]phet or [C]a k[E]ing
And the [Am]steel that'll [C]leave you dy[D]ing,
[F]darlin'
[Am]Down in [E]New Or[Am]leans, yeah
[E]Now the onl[Am]y thi[C]ng that gam[D]bling needs
[F]Is a [Am]suitcase [C]and a tru[E]ck
And the [Am]only [C]time [D]he's satisfied
[F]is whe[Am]n he's on [E]the dru[Am]m[C]
[D][F][Am][C][E][Am][C][D]
[F]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am]oh[E][Am][E]
Well, [Am]Mother, [C]tell your [D]children[F]
Not to [Am]do as I[C] have do[E]ne
Spend your [Am]lives in [C]sin an[D]d misery
[F]In the [Am]house of the [E]rising [Am]sun
[E]Well, I got [Am]one foot o[C]n the plat[D]form
And [F]an [Am]other [C]foot on [E]the train
I'm [Am]going [C]back to [D]New Orleans
[F]To [Am]where they've [E]fallen, [Am]yeah
[E]Yeah, now there [Am]is
In the [C]house
And a [D]new one is
[F]Yeah, they [Am]call
The [C]rising [E]sun
Oh, and it's [Am]been
Been the [C]ruin
Of [D]many a young wo[F]man
And [Am]God only k[E]nows I[Am] am the one[C][D]
[F]Yes, and [Am]God only [E]knows I am t[Am]he o[Dm]ne[Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
[Dm]HHHHHHH

[Outro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am]