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House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

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[Intro]

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[Verse]

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    There is        a house         in New Orleans

 

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    they call       the Rising Sun

 

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    And it's been   the ruin        of many         a poor boy

 

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    And, God,       I know          I'm one

 

 

[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]

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    My mother       was             a tailor

 

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    She sewed       my new          blue jeans

 

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    My father       was             a gamblin'      man

 

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    Down            in New          Orleans

 

[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]

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    Now the only    thing           a gambler needs

 

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    is a suitcase   and             a trunk

 

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    And the only   time             that he's       satisfied

 

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    is when         he's all        drunk

 

[Interlude]

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[Organ solo]

 

[Verse 4]

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    Oh, mother,     tell your       children

 

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    not to do       what I          have done

 

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    spend           your lives      in sin          and misery

 

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    in the house    of the Rising   Sun

 

[Interlude]

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[Verse 5]

 

Note: at this point, if you want, you can start strumming, D D D U D D D to the same

as you were picking.  This is what the guitarist in the video does, but in the recording,

picking continues.

 

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    Well I've got one foot on       the platform

 

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    the other       on              the train

 

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    I'm going       back            to New Orleans

 

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    to wear         that ball       and chain

 

[Interlude]

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[Verse 6]

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    There is        a house         in New Orleans

 

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    they call       the Rising Sun

 

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    And it's been   the ruin        of many         a poor boy

 

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    And, God,       I know          I'm one

 

[Outro]

 

Strum each of these chords once while the organ plays: D F Am E Am E

 

The timing is quarter, eighth, eighth, eighth, quarter, quarter, quarter for each chord.

You can listen to a recording at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvI7h6pqBhA.  If you have

any questions, e-mail me.

 

 

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| /  slide up

| \  slide down

| h  hammer-on

| p  pull-off

| ~  vibrato

| +  harmonic

| x  Mute note

 

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