[Intro]

| Am | C | D | F |

| Am | E | Am | E |

 

[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

Am     E         | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |

And God, I know, I’m one                (organ plays E7)

 

[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

Am      E     | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |

Down in New Orleans.             (organ plays E7)

 

[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,

Am        E    | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |

Is when he’s on a drunk              (organ plays E7)

 

[Solo]

| Am | C | D | F |

| Am | C | E | % |

| Am | C | D | F |

| Am | E |

| Am | C/E | D | F |

| Am | E | Am | E |

 

[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

Am       E     | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |

In the House of Rising Sun              (organ plays E7)

 

[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)

Am        E        | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |

To wear that ball and chain              (organ plays E7#9)

 

[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

 

[Coda]

| Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am | Dm |

(a tempo)

| Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am

(ritardando)     (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)