The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

          [Verse] Em G A C -  Em G B    B

                  Em G A C - (Em B Em-G A-C

There is a house - In New Orleans        x1)

They call        - The Rising Sun  Em   B

And it's been the ruin            (Em   Em)

Of many a poor boy

((And/Dear) God  - I know I'm one x2)

My mother was - A tailor             [Intro]

She sewed     - My new blue jeans      Em Em

My father was - A gambling man    Em G A  C

(Way down - In New Orleans x2)    Em B Em Em

Now, the only thing - A gambler needs

Is a suitcase       - And a trunk

And the only time   - That he is satisfied

((Is/Yeah) when he's on - A drunk x2)

                                      [Solo]

Hey Mother - Tell your children           ()

Oh, (don't do x2)    - What I have done

And spend your lives - In sin and misery

((In/Yeah) the House - Of the Rising Sun x2)

I got one foot on  - The platform

The other foot on  - The train

And I'm going back - To New Orleans

((…/Well) to wear that ball          [Verse]

 And chain x2)                (…/…/Hey) (x3)

                 (x2) (Em G A C - Em B B Em)