House Of The Rising Sun Chords Easy

by Unknown

Date Added
8/11/2025
**Chords:**
Am C D F 
Am C E 
Am C D F 
Am E Am 

There is a house in New Orleans,  
        C             D      F  
They call the Rising Sun.  
        Am         C        E  
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,  
        Am       E          Am  
And God, I know I'm one.  

My mother was a tailor,  
        C               D       F  
She sewed my new blue jeans.  
        Am           C         E  
My father was a gamblin' man,  
        Am       E          Am  
Down in New Orleans.  

Now the only thing a gambler needs,  
        C               D       F  
Is a suitcase and a trunk.  
        Am           C          E  
And the only time he's satisfied,  
        Am       E          Am  
Is when he's on a drunk.  

Oh, mother, tell your children,  
        C                D       F  
Not to do what I have done.  
        Am          C        E  
Spend your lives in sin and misery,  
        Am       E          Am  
In the House of the Rising Sun.  

Well, I got one foot on the platform,  
        C           D       F  
The other foot on the train.  
        Am          C          E  
I'm going back to New Orleans,  
        Am       E          Am  
To wear that ball and chain.  

There is a house in New Orleans,  
        C             D      F  
They call the Rising Sun.  
        Am         C        E  
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,  
        Am       E          Am  
And God, I know I'm one.