Intro - Half Tempo 70bpm
Am C D F 
Am E Am 
 
E Am C D 
F Am C E7 
Am C D F 
Am E Am 
 
Verse 1
E        Am  C        D 
  There is a house in New Orleans 
F    Am       C      E7 
They call the Rising 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 
 
Verse 2 - Normal Time 140bpm
   Am     C     D       F 
My mother was a tailor 
       Am    C        E7 
She sewed my new blue jeans 
   Am     C     D        F 
My father was a gamblin' man 
Am      E   Am 
Down in New Orleans 
 
Interlude
Am C D F 
Am C E7 
Am C D F 
Am E Am 
 
Verse 3
E         Am   C       D       F 
  Now the only thing a gambler needs 
   Am         C     E7 
Is a suitcase and a trunk 
        Am   C         D     F 
And the only time he's satisfied 
   Am        E    Am 
Is when he's on a drunk 
 
Interlude
Am C D F 
Am C E7 
Am C D F 
Am E Am 
 
Verse 4
E    Am      C         D         F 
  Oh mother, tell your children 
       Am      C      E7 
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 Rising Sun 
 
Interlude
Am C D F 
Am C E7 
Am C D F 
Am E Am 
 
Verse 5
E       Am       C      D         F 
  Well, one foot on the platform 
    Am    C      E7 
The other on the train 
    Am    C       D   F 
I'm goin' back to New Orleans 
   Am        E        Am     E 
To wear that ball and chain 
      Am   C        D   F 
there is a house in New Orleans 
     Am       C      E7 
They call the Rising 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 
    Am     E        Am 
And God, I know I'm one 
    Am     E        Am 
And God, I know I'm one