This song is a quickly played 6/8 time and I suggest to use the following strumming pattern for each chord: 1----2--and--3--4----5--6 down-up-down-up-down-up-up Have fun! Greetings Jörn Am C Dm F There is a house in New Orleans Am C E E7 They call the Rising Sun Am C Dm F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E Am And God I know I'm one Am C Dm F My mother was a tailor Am C E E7 She sewed my new bluejeans Am C Dm F My father was a gamblin' man Am E Am Down in New Orleans Am C Dm F Now the only thing a gambler needs Am C E E7 Is a suitcase and a trunk Am C Dm F And the only time he's satisfied Am E Am Is when he's on a drunk Am C Dm F Oh mother tell your children Am C E E7 Not to do what I have done Am C Dm F Spend your lives in sin and misery Am E Am In the House of the Rising Sun Am C Dm F Well, I got one foot on the platform Am C E E7 The other foot on the train Am C Dm F I'm goin' back to New Orleans Am E Am To wear that ball and chain Am C Dm F Well, there is a house in New Orleans Am C E E7 They call the Rising Sun Am C Dm F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E Am And God I know I'm one