House of the Rising Sun The Animals Intro: [Am] [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 1: There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F] They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor boy [F] And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one Instrumental: [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 2: My [Am] mother [C] was a [D] tailor [F] She [Am] sewed my [C] new blue [E7] jeans My [Am] father [C] was a [D] gambling [F] man [Am] Down in [E7] New Or[Am]leans [E7] Verse 3: Oh [Am] mother [C] tell your [D] children [F] Not to [Am] do what [C] I have [E7] done [Am] Spend your [C] lives in [D] sin and mise[F]ry In the [Am] house of the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun [E7] Verse 4: Well I got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform [F] And the [Am] other [C] foot on the [E7] train I’m [Am] going [C] back to [D] New Orleans [F] To [Am] wear that [E7] ball and [Am] chain Instrumental: [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 5: There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F] They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one Outro Instrumental: [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Am*]