The Dead South – House Of The Rising Sun (Guitar)

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[Intro] - Half Tempo 70bpm Am C D F Am E Am E Am C D F Am C E7 Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 1]
E        Am  C        D
  There is a house in New Orleans

F    Am       C      E7
They call the Rising Sun

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

    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one
[Verse 2] - Normal Time 140bpm
   Am     C     D       F
My mother was a tailor

       Am    C        E7
She sewed my new blue jeans

   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gamblin' man

Am      E   Am
Down in New Orleans
[Interlude] Am C D F Am C E7 Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 3]
E         Am   C       D       F
  Now the only thing a gambler needs

   Am         C     E7
Is a suitcase and a trunk

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

   Am        E    Am
Is when he's on a drunk
[Interlude] Am C D F Am C E7 Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 4]
E    Am      C         D         F
  Oh mother, tell your children

       Am      C      E7
Not to do what I have done

Am         C        D       F
Spend your lives in sin and misery

       Am           E      Am
In the House of the Rising Sun
[Interlude] Am C D F Am C E7 Am C D F Am E Am [Verse 5]
E       Am       C      D         F
  Well, one foot on the platform

    Am    C      E7
The other on the train

    Am    C       D   F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans

   Am        E        Am     E
To wear that ball and chain

      Am   C        D   F
there is a house in New Orleans

     Am       C      E7
They call the Rising Sun

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

    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one

    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one

    Am     E        Am
And God, I know I'm one