# The Animals - House of the Rising Sun

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<table border="1" id="bkmrk-%5Bintro%5D%7C-am-%7C-c-%7C-d-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; border-style: hidden;"><colgroup><col style="width: 49.8765%;"></col><col style="width: 49.8765%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>**\[Intro\]**  
| Am | C | D | F |  
| Am | E | Am | E |  
   
   
**\[Verse 1\]**  
 Am C D F  
There is a house in New Orleans  
 Am C E 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 (organ plays E7)  
   
   
**\[Verse 2\]**  
 Am C D F  
My mother was a tailor (organ: F7)  
 Am C E E  
She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)  
 Am C D F  
My father was a gambling man  
Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |  
Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)  
   
   
**\[Verse 3\]**  
 Am C D F  
Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)  
 Am C E E  
Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)  
 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 on a drunk (organ plays E7)  
   
   
**\[Organ Solo\]**  
| Am | C | D | F |  
| Am | C | E | % |  
| Am | C | D | F |  
| Am | E |  
| Am | C/E | D | F |  
| Am | E | Am | E |  
   
   
  
</td><td>**\[Verse 4\]**  
 Am C D F  
Oh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)  
 Am C E E  
Not to do what I have done (organ: E7)  
Am C D F  
Spend your lives in sin and misery  
 Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |  
In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)  
   
   
**\[Verse 5\]**  
 Am C D F  
Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)  
 Am C E E  
The other foot on the train (organ: E7)  
 Am C D F  
I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)  
 Am E | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |  
To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)  
   
   
**\[Verse 6\]**  
 Am C D F  
Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)  
 Am C E E  
They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)  
 Am C D F  
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy  
 Am E7 | Am | C | D | F7 | Am | E7 |  
And God, I know, I'm one  
   
   
**\[Coda\]**  
| Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am | Dm |  
(a tempo)  
| Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am  
 (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)</td></tr></tbody></table>