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House Of The Rising Sun / The Animals

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of Am) so you can Play Along With The Animals!



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House Of The Rising Sun


-3 -3 5 6 5 -3    1 -3 5 6 5 -3

-1 -2* -3 -5 -3 -2*   -2 -3 4 -6 4 -3

-3 -3 5 6 5 -3   2 3* -4 -5 -4 3*

-3 -3 5 6 5 -3   2 3* -4 -5 -4 3*


There is a house in New Orleans    They call the Rising Sun
 -3  -3 -4   5   6  -5   -3 -3      -3   -3  -3   3  2   2
 
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy    And God, I know I'm one
-7   -7 -7 -3 -4  4 4  5 -5 -3 -3 -3  -2      3  -3  -3 3* 2  3* -3


My mother was a tailor    Sewed my new blue jeans
 7 -7 -7   7  5 -5 -3      -7   -7  7   6    6

My father was a gamblin' man    Down in New Orleans
 7 -7 -7   7  5 -5 -3 -3  4      -3  -3 3* 2  3* -3


Now the only thing a gambler needs     A suitcase and a trunk
-7  -7 -7 -7   7   5 -5 -3 -3 -2       7  -7  -7   7  6   6

And the only time he's satisfied    Is when he's on  a drunk
-7  -7 -7 -7  7 5  -5  -3 -3  4      3  -3  -3  3* 2 -4 -3


[Organ Solo]

-7 -8 8   10 10   10 10 -9 9 -7   -7 7 -7

-11 -11 -11   -11 -11 11   10 -9

(-9* 10 11, -9* 10 11 ... ){Repeat triplets rapidly} -9 9 -7

-7 -7 -7   10 10 10   10 10 -9 9 -7   -7 7 -7   6 -5 5 -3

 5 -5 6 -4 6   -4 -3* -3 3 2


-3 -3 5 6 5 -3    1 -3 5 6 5 -3

-1 -2* -3 -5 -3 -2*   -2 -3 4 -6 4 -3

-3 -3 5 6 5 -3   2 3* -4 -5 -4 3*

-3 -3 5 6 5 -3   2 3* -4 -5 -4 3*


Oh mother, tell your children    Not to do what I have done
 3 -3 -3    5    5*   -5  -3      -7 -7 -7  -7  7  6   6

Spend your lives in sin and misery    In the House of the Rising Sun
  -7   -7   7 6  5  -5  -3  4 4 -3    -3  -3  -3   -3 -3  3* 2 -4 -3


Well, I got one foot on the platform    The other foot on the train
 -7  -7 -7  -7   -7   7  5   -5  -3     -7  -7 -7  -7  7  -5    6

I'm goin' back to New Orleans    To wear that ball and chain
 7  -7 -7  7 5  5  -5  -3 -2      3  -3   -3  3* 2  -4  -3


Well, there is a house in New Orleans    They call the Rising Sun
 -7    -7  -7 -7   7    5 -5   -3 -3      -7   -7  -7   7  6   6

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy    And God, I know I'm one
-7   -7   -7  -7  7 5  5 -5 -3 -3 -3  -3      3  -3   4  -4   4  -3


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