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THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
Am9 5-7-5-5-5-7
6/8 time throughout
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There
Am C D F
is a house in New Orleans
Am C E
They call the Rising Sun
Am C D F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E
And God I know I'm
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one My
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mother was a tailor
Am C E7
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am C D F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am E
Down in New Or-
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-leans Now the
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only thing a gambler needs
Am C E7
Is a suitcase and trunk
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And the only time he's satis fied
Am E
Is when he's on a
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drunk
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Oh
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mother tell your children
Am C E7
Not to do what I have done
Am C D7 F7
Spend your lives in sin and mi sery
Am E7
In the House of the Rising
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Sun Well, I got
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one foot on the platform
Am C E7
The other foot on the train
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am E7
To wear that ball and
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chain Well there
Am C D7 F7
is a house in New Orleans
Am C E7
They call the Rising Sun
Am C D7 F7
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E7
And God I know I'm
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one
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