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HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals
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Tab by Nathan Lambert, based on the tab by Chayes.
I made some changes to Chayes' tab. Mainly, I made it more compact so I
could see the lyrics better, but I left the Intro chords as an example of the
picking pattern. The *'s are where you should be keeping time somehow! In the
comments section of another tab, some people said they were having trouble
with the "extra" notes, so I put those in parentheses (). Playing them does
sound more like the song, but your (probably drunk) friends won't care if you
leave em out. I also fixed how the chords lined up with the lyrics to
something that makes more sense to me. Hope this helps someone. Cheers!
Tuning: Standard
Intro
* * * * * * * *
e|--------0----------------0-------------(2)-2-------------(1)-1------------|
B|-------1--1-------------1--1-----------3-----3-----------1-----1----------|
G|------2-----2----------0-----0--------2--------2--------2--------2--------|
D|----(2)--------------(2)---------(2)-0-------------(0)-3------------------|
A|----0------------(2)-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|-(0)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
e|--------0------------------------------0----------------------------------|
B|-------1--1------------0--------------1--1----------------0---------------|
G|------2-----2---------1--1-----------2-----2-------------1--1-------------|
D|----(2)--------------2-----2-------(2)------------------2-----2-----------|
A|----0--------------(2)-------------0------------------(2)-----------------|
E|-(0)-----------(0)-0------------(0)---------------(0)-0-------------------|
First verse
There is a house in New Orleans
they call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And, God, I know I'm one
Interlude
Second verse
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Interlude
Third verse
Now the only thing a gambler needs
is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
is when he's on a drunk
Interlude
Organ solo
Fourth verse
Oh, mother, tell your children
not to do what I have done
spend your lives in sin and misery
in the house of the Rising Sun
Interlude
Fifth verse
Well I've got one foot on the platform
the other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
to wear that ball and chain
Interlude
Sixth verse
Well There is a house in New Orleans
they call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And, God, I know I'm one
Outro
Strum each of these chords (same chords as Interlude) once while the
organ plays, and end on an Am if you want.
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