House of the Rising Sun

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Quick AI estimate · chord sheet Fingerpicked · 6/8 · about 78 BPM

Likely a rolling minor-key 6/8 fingerpicked accompaniment; sustain each chord for its bar and emphasize the bass-to-treble motion.

Verse and intro: strings 5-3-2-1-2-3 Instrumentals: strings 5-3-2-1-2-3 Fade-out Am–Dm: strings 5-3-2-1-2-3

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Key: G#m
Tempo: 78 BPM

Built from 1 playable source, using ultimate-guitar as the structural base.

Pick 5 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 · Applies to: Verse And Intro Pick 5 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 · Applies to: Instrumentals Pick 5 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 · Applies to: Fade-Out Am–Dm

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Risin' Sun
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
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And God, I know I'm one.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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My mother was a tailor.
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She sewed my new blue jeans.
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My father was a gamblin' man
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Down in New Or-leans.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Now, the only thing a gambler needs
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Is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time that he's satisfied
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Is when he's on a drunk

[Instrumental]
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[Organ Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Oh, Mother, tell your children
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Not to do what I have done.
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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In the house of the risin' sun.

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[Verse 5]
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Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
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the other foot on the train.
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans
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To wear that ball and chain.

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[Verse 6]
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Well, there is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Risin' Sun
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
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And God, I know I'm one.

[Instrumental]
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(fade out with Am and Dm)

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