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HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals
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Tabbed by: Chayes
Email: audiophile1991@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
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------------------------|
First 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--------------------------------------------------------|
Second 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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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--------------------------------------------------------|
Third 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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
Fourth 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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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--------------------------------------------------------|
Fifth verse
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--------------------------------------------------------|
Sixth 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
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.
You can listen to a recording at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvI7h6pqBhA. If you have
any questions, e-mail me.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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