The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
[Intro]
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am E Am E
e|----------0-------------------------------0--------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-------------0----------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2---------1---1--------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2-----------------2-------2------------|
A|--0-----------------2-------------0-----------------2----------------------|
E|------------------0-------------------------------0------------------------|
[Verse]
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
There is a house in New Orleans
Am C E E
e|----------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1-------------0----------------0---------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0---------1---1------------1---1-------------|
D|----2---------------2-----------------2-------2--------2-------2-----------|
A|--0---------------3-----------------2----------------2---------------------|
E|----------------------------------0----------------0-----------------------|
they call the Rising Sun
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am C
e|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0----------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-----------1---1--------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2-------0-------0------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2---------------2----------------------|
A|--0-----------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
And, God, I know I'm one
[Interlude]
D F Am E
e|--------2-2-------------1-1---------------0--------------------------------|
B|------3-----3---------1-----1-----------1---1-------------0----------------|
G|----2---------2-----2---------2-------2-------2---------1---1--------------|
D|--0---------------3-----------------2-----------------2-------2------------|
A|----------------------------------0-----------------2----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
Am E
e|----------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------2------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
My mother was a tailor
Am C E E
e|----------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1-------------0----------------0---------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0---------1---1------------1---1-------------|
D|----2---------------2-----------------2-------2--------2-------2-----------|
A|--0---------------3-----------------2----------------2---------------------|
E|----------------------------------0----------------0-----------------------|
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
My father was a gamblin' man
Am E Am C
e|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0----------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-----------1---1--------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2-------0-------0------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2---------------2----------------------|
A|--0-----------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
Down in New Orleans
[Interlude]
D F Am E
e|--------2-2-------------1-1---------------0--------------------------------|
B|------3-----3---------1-----1-----------1---1-------------0----------------|
G|----2---------2-----2---------2-------2-------2---------1---1--------------|
D|--0---------------3-----------------2-----------------2-------2------------|
A|----------------------------------0-----------------2----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
Am E
e|----------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------2------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Am C E E
e|----------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1-------------0----------------0---------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0---------1---1------------1---1-------------|
D|----2---------------2-----------------2-------2--------2-------2-----------|
A|--0---------------3-----------------2----------------2---------------------|
E|----------------------------------0----------------0-----------------------|
is a suitcase and a trunk
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And the only time that he's satisfied
Am E Am C
e|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0----------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-----------1---1--------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2-------0-------0------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2---------------2----------------------|
A|--0-----------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
is when he's all drunk
[Interlude]
D F Am E
e|--------2-2-------------1-1---------------0--------------------------------|
B|------3-----3---------1-----1-----------1---1-------------0----------------|
G|----2---------2-----2---------2-------2-------2---------1---1--------------|
D|--0---------------3-----------------2-----------------2-------2------------|
A|----------------------------------0-----------------2----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
Am E
e|----------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------2------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|[Organ solo]
[Verse 4]
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Oh, mother, tell your children
Am C E E
e|----------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1-------------0----------------0---------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0---------1---1------------1---1-------------|
D|----2---------------2-----------------2-------2--------2-------2-----------|
A|--0---------------3-----------------2----------------2---------------------|
E|----------------------------------0----------------0-----------------------|
not to do what I have done
Am C D F
e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------|
B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------|
G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------|
D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
spend your lives in sin and misery
Am E Am C
e|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0----------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-----------1---1--------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2-------0-------0------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2---------------2----------------------|
A|--0-----------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
in the house of the Rising Sun
[Interlude]
D F Am E
e|--------2-2-------------1-1---------------0--------------------------------|
B|------3-----3---------1-----1-----------1---1-------------0----------------|
G|----2---------2-----2---------2-------2-------2---------1---1--------------|
D|--0---------------3-----------------2-----------------2-------2------------|
A|----------------------------------0-----------------2----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
Am E
e|----------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1---1-------------0------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-------2---------1---1----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-----------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------2------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|[Verse 5]
Note: at this point, if you want, you can start strumming, D D D U D D D to the same
as you were picking. This is what the guitarist in the video does, but in the recording,
picking continues.
Am C D F e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------| B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------| G|------2-------2-------0-------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------| D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------| A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Well I've got one foot on the platform Am C E E e|----------0---------------0------------------------------------------------| B|--------1---1-----------1---1-------------0----------------0---------------| G|------2-------2-------0-------0---------1---1------------1---1-------------| D|----2---------------2-----------------2-------2--------2-------2-----------| A|--0---------------3-----------------2----------------2---------------------| E|----------------------------------0----------------0-----------------------| the other on the train Am C D F e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------| B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------| G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------| D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------| A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| I'm going back to New Orleans Am E Am C e|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0----------------| B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-----------1---1--------------| G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2-------0-------0------------| D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2---------------2----------------------| A|--0-----------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------| E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------| to wear that ball and chain [Interlude] D F Am E e|--------2-2-------------1-1---------------0--------------------------------| B|------3-----3---------1-----1-----------1---1-------------0----------------| G|----2---------2-----2---------2-------2-------2---------1---1--------------| D|--0---------------3-----------------2-----------------2-------2------------| A|----------------------------------0-----------------2----------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------| Am E e|----------0----------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------1---1-------------0------------------------------------------------| G|------2-------2---------1---1----------------------------------------------| D|----2-----------------2-------2--------------------------------------------| A|--0-----------------2------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 6] Am C D F e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------| B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------| G|------2-------2-------0-------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------| D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------| A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| There is a house in New Orleans Am C E E e|----------0---------------0------------------------------------------------| B|--------1---1-----------1---1-------------0----------------0---------------| G|------2-------2-------0-------0---------1---1------------1---1-------------| D|----2---------------2-----------------2-------2--------2-------2-----------| A|--0---------------3-----------------2----------------2---------------------| E|----------------------------------0----------------0-----------------------| they call the Rising Sun Am C D F e|----------0---------------0-------------2-2-------------1-1----------------| B|--------1---1-----------1---1---------3-----3---------1-----1--------------| G|------2-------2-------0-------0-----2---------2-----2---------2------------| D|----2---------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------| A|--0---------------3--------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E Am C e|----------0-------------------------------0---------------0----------------| B|--------1---1-------------0-------------1---1-----------1---1--------------| G|------2-------2---------1---1---------2-------2-------0-------0------------| D|----2-----------------2-------2-----2---------------2----------------------| A|--0-----------------2-------------0---------------3------------------------| E|------------------0--------------------------------------------------------| And, God, I know I'm one
[Outro]
Strum each of these chords once while the organ plays: D F Am E Am E
The timing is quarter, eighth, eighth, eighth, quarter, quarter, quarter for each chord.
any questions, e-mail me.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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