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GuitarNewTutor2 pg43
GuitarNewTutor2 pg43
GuitarNewTutor2 pg43
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Trad. American
This American folk song became an international chart-topping hit for the English
band The Animals in 1964. The chords are shown in two keys, Am and Em (Em
chords in brackets). Playing the song in Em avoids the tricky F chord.
i m a m i
Finger-picking style:
Am
Strumming rhythm
XX
XX
1 2 & 3
F (easier)
5 & 6
E7
Index
11
2 3
Am (Em)
C (G)
E (B7)
is
house
E7
D (A)
Am (Em)
Sun,
F (C)
boy,
and it's
Am (Em)
and
God
2 3
been
Am (Em)
they call
C (G)
C (G)
the
ru - in
the
know
I'm
ing
ma - ny
of
Am (Em)
Ris
D (A)
E (B7)
F (C)
in New Or - leans,
3 4
1. There
E (B7)
a poor
one