House Of The Rising Sun
Performed by The Animals
Tabbed by Brandon Williams
Bwillia1074@cs.com

Let me start off by saying I don't know what chord this is:

e|-------0-----|
B|------2--2---|
G|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-0-----------|

In all the other posts of this song, they call it an E7. But an E7 looks like 020100.
It sounds right
so I guess I'll call it an E7, too. Does anyone know how to play the organ solos on
guitar? If so, contact
via e-mail. Anyway, my tab should be the most accurate of all the other posts of this song.

Intro:

Am C D F
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------1-----|
B|------1--1---|------1--1---|------3--3---|------1--1---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----0-----0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
D|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-3-----------|
A|-0-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Am E7 Am E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------2--2---|------1--1---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|

This part repeats throughout the rest of the song and is also the solo backing:

Am C D F
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------1-----|
B|------1--1---|------1--1---|------3--3---|------1--1---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----0-----0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
D|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-3-----------|
A|-0-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Am C E E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------1--1---|------0--0---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----0-----0-|-----1-----1-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-0-----------|

Am C D F
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------1-----|
B|------1--1---|------1--1---|------3--3---|------1--1---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----0-----0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
D|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-3-----------|
A|-0-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Am E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|

Am C D F
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------1-----|
B|------1--1---|------1--1---|------3--3---|------1--1---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----0-----0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
D|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-3-----------|
A|-0-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Am E7 Am E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------2--2---|------1--1---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|


Outtro:

Am E7 Am E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------2--2---|------1--1---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|

Am E7 Am E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------2--2---|------1--1---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|

Am E7 Am E7
e|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B|------1--1---|------2--2---|------1--1---|------2--2---|
G|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----1-----1-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|

Lyrics:

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And god, I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all drunk

Oh, Mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your life in sin and misery
In the house of the rising sun

I've got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And god, I know I'm one

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------------------------|

[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--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
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--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
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]

[Verse 4]
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--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 5]

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--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 6]
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.


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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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House of the rising sun - The Animals

Tab by Nathan Lambert, based on the tab by Chayes.

I made the tab 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 people probably won't notice if
you leave them 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!

Standard tuning
No capo

[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-------------------|


[Verse 1]

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


[Verse 2]

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


[Verse 3]

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)


[Verse 4]

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


[Verse 5]

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


[Verse 6]

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

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| (n) Ghost note

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