House Of The Rising Sun Tabs

**Chords:**
Am C D F Am E

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

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

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

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

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

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