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| House of the Rising Sun (The Animals) |
| Guns N |
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| [Intro] |
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| [Verse 1] |
| Am C D F |
| There 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 |
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| And God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7) |
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| [Verse 2] |
| Am C D F |
| My mother was a tailor (organ: F7) |
| Am C E |
| She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7) |
| Am C D F |
| My father was a gambling man |
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| Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7) |
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| [Verse 3] |
| Am C D F |
| Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7) |
| Am C E |
| Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7) |
| Am C D F |
| And the only time, he's satisfied, |
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| Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7) |
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| [Solo] |
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| [Verse 4] |
| Am C D F |
| O, mother, tell your children (organ: F7) |
| Am C E |
| Not to do what I have done (organ: E7) |
| Am C D F |
| Spend your lives in sin and misery |
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| In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7) |
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| [Verse 5] |
| Am C D F |
| Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7) |
| Am C E |
| The other foot on the train (organ: E7) |
| Am C D F |
| I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7) |
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| To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9) |
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| [Verse 6] |
| Am C D F |
| Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7) |
| Am C 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 |
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| [Coda] |
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| (a tempo) |
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