The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

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Play the intro and 1 verse in arpeggios (page 2)
Play the rest of the song strummed like below:

Rhythm pattern (6 beats per bar)

1 2 and 3 4 5 6
d d /u/ d d d d

Intro

Am / C / D / Fmaj7 / Am / E / Am / E7

Verse 1
Am C D Fmaj7
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E E7
They call the Rising Sun
Am C D Fmaj7
And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am / C / D / Fmaj7 / Am / E / Am / E7
And God, I know, I'm one

My mother was a tailor

She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans

And the only things a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all a-drunk

I've got one foot on the platform

The other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear the ball and chain

So mothers, tell your children

Not to do what I have done
Spend your life in sin and misery
In the house of the Rising Sun

Repeat the first Verse

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