Dolly Parton – The House Of The Rising Sun (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bass riff Bm A Bm E Bm A Bm F#7 [Verse 1]
       Bm             D        E     G
(There is) There is a house in New Orleans

     Bm     D        F#
Down in the Vieux Carré

   Bm                  D        E      G
(A house) A house they call the Rising Sun

      Bm       F#        Bm
Where love and money are made
[Instrumental] Bm A Bm E Bm A Bm A [Verse 2]
   Bm         D/A   E       G
My father, he was a gambler

A5     Bm        D     F#
Mother died when I was young

         Bm           D/A     E            G
And I've worked since then to pleasure the men

       Bm           F#     Bm
At the House of the Rising Sun
[Instrumental] Bm A Bm F#7 [Chorus]
       Bm             D        E     G
(There is) There is a house in New Orleans

     Bm       D      F#
They call the Rising Sun

                    Bm                  D       E           G
(You know that it's been) It's been the ruin of many a good girl

       Bm       F#       Bm
And oh God, you know I'm one
[Instrumental] Bm A Bm E Bm A Bm A [Verse 4]
   Bm              D/A              E        G
So mothers, you go telling all your daughters

A5     Bm      D      F#
Not to do what I have done

   Bm     D/A     E              G
To live a life of sin, shame and strife

       Bm           F#     Bm
In the House of the Rising Sun
[Instrumental] Bm A Bm F#7 [Chorus]
       Bm             D             E     G
(There is) There is a house down in New Orleans

     Bm       D      F#
They call the Rising Sun

                        Bm                  D       E           G
(And you know that it's been) It's been the ruin of many a good girl

       Bm       F#       Bm
And oh God, you know I'm one
[Post-Chorus] Bm A Bm E
Bm          F#       Bm
Oh God, you know I'm one
Bm A Bm E
Bm          F#       Bm
Oh God, you know I'm one
[Outro] Bass riff to fade