------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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)---------(2)-0-------------(0)-3------------------| A|----0------------(2)-3----------------------------------------------------| E|-(0)----------------------------------------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * 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)-0------------(0)---------------(0)-0-------------------| First verse Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans Am C E E they call the Rising Sun Am C D F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E Am C And, God, I know I'm one Interlude D F Am E Am E Second verse Am C D F My mother was a tailor Am C E E She sewed my new blue jeans Am C D F My father was a gamblin' man Am E Am C Down in New Orleans Interlude D F Am E Am E Third verse Am C D F Now the only thing a gambler needs Am C E E is a suitcase and a trunk Am C D F And the only time that he's satisfied Am E Am C is when he's on a drunk Interlude D F Am E Am E Organ solo Fourth verse Am C D F Oh, mother, tell your children Am C E E not to do what I have done Am C D F spend your lives in sin and misery Am E Am C in the house of the Rising Sun Interlude D F Am E Am E Fifth verse Am C D F Well I've got one foot on the platform Am C E E the other foot on the train Am C D F I'm going back to New Orleans Am E Am C to wear that ball and chain Interlude D F Am E Am E Sixth verse Am C D F Well There is a house in New Orleans Am C E E they call the Rising Sun Am C D F And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E Am C 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 F Am E Am E Am ===============================================================================