Joan Baez – House Of The Rising Sun (Guitar)

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From the 1960 album On the original JB plays in drop D tuning Bdim EADGBe xx0431 [Intro] Dm F A7 Dm A7 Dm A7 [Verse 1]

Dm             F         A7    Dm
    There is a house in New Orleans,

     Bb       D7     A7
They call the Rising Sun.

         Dm       F       A7          Dm
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl,

    Bdim   A7       Dm   A7  Dm  A7
And me, oh God, for one.

[Verse 2]

   Dm    F           A7             Dm 
If I had listened to what my mother said,

         Bb      D7     A7   
I'd have been at home today,

    Dm     F        A7           Dm
But I was young and foolish, oh, God,

      Bdim    A7        Dm   A7  Dm  A7
Let a rambler lead me astray.

[Verse 3]

   Dm      F    A7            Dm 
Go tell my baby sister,

      Bb      D7     A7
Don't do what I have done,

     Dm      F        A7    Dm
But shun the house in New Orleans,

     Bdim     A7     Dm   A7  Dm  A7
They call the Rising Sun.

[Verse 4]

    Dm    F       A7     Dm 
I'm going back to New Orleans,

   Bb      D7     A7
My race is almost run,

    Dm    F       A7       Dm
I'm going back to spend my life

  Bdim       A7     Dm   
Beneath that Rising Sun.