House of the Rising Sun (SJEH Arrangement) by The Animals
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Verse 1
      Am   C        D           F
There is a house in New Orleans
     Am        C      E     E
They call the "Rising Sun"
         Am       C       D             F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am     E        | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
And God, I know, I'm one               
 
 
Verse 2
   Am     C     D        F
My mother was a tailor (organ: F7)
    Am       C        E     E
She sewed my new blue jeans 
   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gambling man
Am      E    | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
Down in New Orleans.         
 
 
Verse 3
        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, he's satisfied,
   Am        E    | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
Is when he's on a drunk             
 
 
Verse 4
    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 | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
In the House of Rising Sun              
 
 
Verse 5]
            Am       C      D           F
Well, I got one foot on the platform 
    Am         C        E     E
The other foot on the train
    Am    C       D           F
I'm going back to New Orleans 
   Am        E       | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
To wear that ball and chain             
 
 
Verse 6]
            Am   C        D           F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans 
     Am        C      E     E
They call the "Rising Sun" 
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am     E7      | Am | C | D | F7 | Am | E7 |
And God, I know, I'm one