ANIMAL  - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

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Vs- Am, C, D, F, Am, C, E- Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am

INTRO- Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

  

   Am   C        D           F

There is a house in New Orleans

     Am       C      E   E

They call the Risin' Sun

         Am       C       D           F

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.

    Am     E        Am

And God, I know I'm one.

(Passing chords) C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

   Am     C     D           F

My mother was a tailor.

    Am       C        E     E

She sewed my new blue jeans.

   Am     C     D        F

My father was a gamblin' man

Am      E      Am

Down in New Or-leans.

(Passing chords) C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

         Am   C       D       F

Now, the only thing a gambler needs

     Am       C     E     E

Is a suitcase and a trunk

        Am   C         D          F

And the only time that he's satis-fied

   Am        E    Am

Is when he's on a drunk

(Passing chords) C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

    Am     C          D        F

Oh, Mother, tell your children

       Am      C      E     E

Not to do what I have done.

Am         C        D          F

Spend your lives in sin and misery

       Am           E      Am

In the house of the risin' sun.

(Passing chords)C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

Am         C       D               F

Well, I've got one foot on the platform.

 

  

   Am    C           E     E

the other foot on the train.

    Am    C       D           F

I'm goin' back to New Orleans

   Am        E        Am

To wear that ball and chain.

(Passing chords) C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E

            Am   C        D           F

Well, there is a house in New Orleans

     Am       C      E     E

They call the Risin' Sun

         Am       C       D           F

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.

    Am     E        Am

And God, I know I'm one.

 

(Passing chords) C, D, F, Am, E, devami   Am, D, Am, D, Am,D (fade out with Am and D)