Doc Watson – House Of The Rising Sun (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am C D F Am C E Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 1]
Am         C             D         F
There is a house down in New Orleans

     Am       C      E
They call the Rising Sun

         Am       C         D         F
And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy

    Am     E        Am
And me, oh God, I'm one
[Verse 2]
Am         C            D         F
Mamma, she worked for a tailor man

    Am           C        E
She sewed all my new blue jeans

       Am    C     D        F
And my daddy was a gamblin' man

       Am          E      Am
In the town of old New Orleans
[Instrumental] Am C D F Am C E Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 3]
    Am   C            D            F
The only thing that a rounder ever needs

     Am       C    E
Is a suitcase or a trunk

        Am   C         D         F
And the only time he's ever satisfied

   Am        E    Am
Is when he's on a drunk
[Verse 4]
     Am           C      D             F
Boys fill up your glasses right to the brim

        Am          C       E
Let the drinks flow merrily round

          Am           C           D            F
And we'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy

    Am           E       Am
Who rambles from town to town
[Verse 5]
    Am            C              D         F
Now fellas don't believe what a bad woman tells you

           Am      C       E
Though her eyes be blue or brown

  Am                  C  D                 F
Unless she's standing on some old scaffold high

       Am                  E           Am
Saying "Fellas they won't let me come down"
[Instrumental] Am C D F Am C E Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 6]
   Am      C        D      F
Go tell my youngest brother

       Am           C           E
Not to do the awful things I've done

       Am            C             D          F
And to shun that old house down in New Orleans

          Am       E      Am
That they call the Rising Sun
[Verse 7]
             Am      C            D          F
Soon they'll take me back down to New Orleans

   Am           C                E
To face all the crimes that I've done

             Am     C      D            F
Then they'll tie me to, an old ball and chain

  Am             E       Am
Until my earthly race is run