House Of The Rising Sun chords by The Animals

The track was produced by Mickie Most, and the track was written by Traditional & Alan Price.

Track Info

• Song: House Of The Rising Sun
• Artist: The Animals
• Written by Traditional & Alan Price
• Produced by Mickie Most
• Album: The Animals
• Released Date: 19 June 1964

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: Am
• Chords: Am, C, D, F, E, C/E, E7, F7, Dm
• BPM: 234
• Suggested Strumming: D DU DU D DU DU
  D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

[Intro]

  Am   C   D   F  
  Am   E   Am   E  
 
 
[Verse]

      Am   C        D          F
There is a house in New Orleans

      Am       C      E
They call the "Rising Sun"

         Am       C      
And it's been the ruin of 

D           F
Many a poor boy

    Am     E    
And God, I know, 
     Am C D F Am E Am E 
I'm one                
 
 
[Verse]

   Am     C     D        F
My mother was a tailor

    Am       C        E
She sewed my new blue jeans 

   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gambling man

Am      E       Am  
Down in New Orleans             

 C D F Am E Am E 
 
[Verse]

        Am   C     
Now the only thing a 

D       F
Gambler needs 

     Am       C     E
Is a suitcase and a trunk 
 
        Am   C    
And the only time, 

D         F
He's satisfied, 


   Am        E      Am   
Is when he's on a drunk    

C D F Am E Am E           
 
 
[Solo]

  Am   C   D   F  
  Am   C   E   
  Am   C   D   F  
  Am   E  
  Am   C/E   D   F  
  Am   E   Am   E  
 
 
[Verse]

   Am     C          D           F
O, mother, tell your children

       Am     
Not to do what 

C      E
I have done

Am         C       
Spend your lives in 

D           F
Sin and misery

       Am       E       Am  
In the House of Rising Sun              

 C D F Am E Am E  
 

[Verse]

            Am      
Well, I got one foot 

C      D        F
On the platform 

    Am         C      E
The other foot on the train  

    Am    C       D     F
I'm going back to New Orleans 

   Am        E          Am  
To wear that ball and chain              

 C D F Am E Am E  
 
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[Verse]

            Am   C      
Well, there is a house in 
D             F
New Orleans 

     Am        C      E
They call the "Rising Sun"  

         Am       C      
And it's been the ruin of 

D           F
Many a poor boy

    Am     E7   
And God, I know, 
    Am  C  D  F7  Am  E7 
I'm one
 
 
[Coda]

  Am   Dm   Am   Dm   Am   Dm  

  Am   Dm   Am   Dm   Am