House Of The Rising Sun Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]There is a [G]house in [Em]New Orleans
[C]They [Em]call the [G]Rising [D#aug]Sun
[B]And it's bee[Em]n the rui[G]n
[Em]of many a poor boy
[C]Dea[G]r God,
I [D#aug]know I'm one[Em][G][D#aug][Em]
My mother [G]was a [C#dim]tailor,
[Em]an d[C] she s[Em]ewed my ne[G]w blue j[D#aug]eans
[B]And my [Em]father [G]was a [C#dim]gamblin' man
[Em]down[C] in Ne[G]w Orle[D#aug]ans[Em]
[G][Em][C][G][D#aug][Em]
The only [G]thing that a
[Em]gam [C#dim]bler needs[Em]
[C]is a suit[Em]case [G]an d a [D#aug]trunk
An[B]d t[D#aug]he only t[Em]ime
[G]he's sat[C#dim]isfied
[Em]is w[C]hen [G]he's rolli[D#aug]ng drunk[Em]
[G][Em][C#dim][C][G][D#aug][Em]
One foot [G]on the plat[C#dim]form
[Em]an d[C] the other[Em] on th[G]e trai[D#aug]n
Oh, I'm go[Em]ing [G]back
to [Em]New Orl[C#dim]eans
[Em]to w[C]ear [G]that ball [D#aug]and chain
[Em][G][Em][C][G][D#aug][Em]
Oh mothers, [G]tell your [Em]children
[C#dim]not to do[C] what I[Em] have done[G][D#aug]
[B]Spend [Em]their lives in [G]sin and misery
[C#dim]at the ho[C]use of [G]the rising su[B]n