The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
[Verse] Am C D F - Am C E E
Am C D F - (Am E Am-C D-F
There is a house - In New Orleans x1)
They call - The Rising Sun Am E
And it's been the ruin (Am Am)
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 Am Am
My father was - A gambling man Am C D F
(Way down - In New Orleans x2) Am E Am Am
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) (Am C D F - Am E E Am)