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HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals
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Tab by Nathan Lambert, based on the tab by Chayes.
I made some changes to Chayes' tab. Mainly, I made it more compact so I
could see the lyrics better, but I left the Intro chords as an example of the
picking pattern. The *'s are where you should be keeping time somehow! In the
comments section of another tab, some people said they were having trouble
with the "extra" notes, so I put those in parentheses (). Playing them does
sound more like the song, but your (probably drunk) friends won't care if you
leave em out. I also fixed how the chords lined up with the lyrics to
something that makes more sense to me. Hope this helps someone. Cheers!
Tuning: Standard
Intro
* * * * * * * *
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Fe|--------0----------------0-------------(2)-2-------------(1)-1------------| (133211@1)B|-------1--1-------------1--1-----------3-----3-----------1-----1----------|
G|------2-----2----------0-----0--------2--------2--------2--------2--------|
D|----(2)--------------(2)---------(2)-0-------------(0)-3------------------|
A|----0------------(2)-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|-(0)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) Ee|--------0------------------------------0----------------------------------| (022100@1)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)-0------------(0)---------------(0)-0-------------------|
First verse
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) There is a house in New Orleans
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) they call the Rising Sun
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) And, God, I know I'm one
Interlude
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)Second verse
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) My mother was a tailor
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) She sewed my new blue jeans
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) My father was a gamblin' man
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Down in New Orleans
Interlude
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)Third verse
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Now the only thing a gambler needs
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) is a suitcase and a trunk
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) And the only time that he's satisfied
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) is when he's on a drunk
Interlude
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)Organ solo
Fourth verse
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Oh, mother, tell your children
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) not to do what I have done
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) spend your lives in sin and misery
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) in the house of the Rising Sun
Interlude
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)Fifth verse
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Well I've got one foot on the platform
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) the other foot on the train
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) I'm going back to New Orleans
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) to wear that ball and chain
Interlude
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)Sixth verse
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Well There is a house in New Orleans
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) they call the Rising Sun
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) And, God, I know I'm one
Outro
Strum each of these chords (same chords as Interlude) once while the
organ plays, and end on an Am if you want.
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1)===============================================================================
