The House Of The Rising Sun Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][D][Dm][F][Am][C][E]
[Am][C][D][Dm][F]
[Am][E][Am][E]
[Am]There was

[Verse 1]
a [C]house in
[D]Old
Mo[Dm]ly, [F]they cal[Am]l, cal[C]l it the
Rising
[E]Sun
And [Am]it's been the ru[C]in [D]of many a [Dm]poor girl,
[F]oh lord
[Am]You know[E] I'm one, [Am]and I'm one[E]
[Am]Oh, my mother [C]was a [D]tailor
[Dm]And she [F]sewed,
[Dm]sewe[Am]d my [C]new blue jeans[E]
And my [Am]sweetheart [C]was a
[D]gamblin' [Dm]man
[F]Down, [Am]down[E] in the
[Am]weed[E]s[Am]
And the only [C]thing a gam[D]bler [Dm]needs
Is a [Am]suitcase [C]an d a t[E]runk
And the [Am]only [C]time that [D]he's [Dm]satisfied
[F]Is [Dm]when [Am]he's [E]on the [Am]drunk
[E]Oh, [Am]they warned me[C]
about the [D]house in
New
Or[Dm]leans
Said it was a [Am]war, a [C]war not to be [E]won
But [Am]I ro[C]de that war horse
[D]right through the open [Dm]door
[F]Oh
[Dm]Lord, [Am]oh
[E]Lord what have
[Am]I, oh
[E]Lord what have I [Am]done
Mother[C], mother tell your child[Dm]ren,
tell your [F]children [Am]well
[C]Tell them to [E]run,
not [Am]to live your l[C]ife in s[D]in and misery
[Dm]In t[F]he house[Dm],[Am]
in the [E]house of the rising
[Am]In the house[Em] of the risi[E]ng sun[Am]
I'm go[C]ing back, [D]back where I be[Dm]long
[F]My rac[Dm]e, my[Am]
[C]race is almost [E]run
So [Am]I'm going b[C]ack,
[Dm]back [D]where [Dm]I belong
[F]To the [Dm]house,
[Am]to the house[E] of the rising
[Am]To the h[E]ouse of the rising s[Am]un
I got [C]one foot on the plat[D]form, yeah
[Dm]An d[F] the other, [Am]other is[C] on the train[E]
And [Am]I'm go[C]ing back, [D]back to
[Dm]New
Orleans
[F]To [Dm]wear [Am]that ball [E]and chai[Am]n
[E]