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House of the Rising Sun

Key of G (default)
Key of F
Key of C
Key of D
Key of E
Key of A
[Intro]
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[Verse 1] 
       Bm   D        Em          G
 There is a house in New Orleans,
       Bm       D      F#
 They call the "Rising Sun",
      Bm       D       Em           G
 It's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
     Bm     F#         | Bm | D | Em | G | Bm | F# | Bm | F# | 
 And God, I know, I'm one                (organ plays F#7)
 
[Verse 2]
    Bm     D     Em        G
 My mother was a tailor (organ: G7) 
     Bm       D        F#
 She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: F#7) 
     Bm    D     Em        G
 My father was a gambling man,
 Bm      F#     | Bm | D | Em | G | Bm | F# | Bm | F# | 
 Down in New Orleans.             (organ plays F#7)
 
[Verse 3]
         Bm   D       Em       G
 Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: G7) 
      Bm       D     F#
 Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: F#7) 
         Bm   D     Em         G
 And the only time, he's satisfied, 
    Bm        F#    | Bm | D | Em | G | Bm | F# | Bm | F# | 
 Is when he's on a drunk              (organ plays F#7)
 
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
    Bm     D          Em           G
 O, mother, tell your children (organ: G7) 
        Bm      D      F# 
 Not to do what I have done (organ: F#7) 
 Bm         D        Em           G
 Spend your lives in sin and misery
        Bm       F#     | Bm | D | Em | G | Bm | F# | Bm | F# | 
 In the House of Rising Sun              (organ plays F#7)
 
[Verse 5]
                 Bm       D      Em            G
 Well, I've  got one foot on the platform (organ plays G7)
     Bm         D      F#
 The other foot on the train (organ: F#7) 
     Bm    D       Em     G
 I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: G7) 
    Bm        F#         | Bm | D | Em | G | Bm | F# | Bm | F# | 
 To wear that ball and chain              (organ plays F#7#9)
 
[Verse 6]
             Bm   D        Em             G
 Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: G7) 
      Bm        D      F#
 They call the "Rising Sun"  (organ: F#7) 
          Bm       D       Em           G
 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
     Bm     F#7      | Bm | D | Em | G7 | Bm | F#7 |
 And God, I know, I'm one
 
[Coda]
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 (a tempo)
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