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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
Dm
Tempo
78 BPM

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

B/·/3/2 | 1/·/1/· | 2/·/3/· · full bar · Applies to: All sections

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[Intro]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 1]|  |  |  |  |There is a house in New Orleans|  |  |  |  |They call the Risin' Sun|  |  |  |  |And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.|  |  |  |  |And God, I know I'm one.[Instrumental]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 2]|  |  |  |  |My mother was a tailor.|  |  |  |  |She sewed my new blue jeans.|  |  |  |  |My father was a gamblin' man|  |  |  |  |Down in New Or-leans.[Instrumental]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 3]|  |  |  |  |Now, the only thing a gambler needs|  |  |  |  |Is a suitcase and a trunk|  |  |  |  |And the only time that he's satisfied|  |  |  |  |Is when he's on a drunk[Instrumental]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Organ Solo]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 4]|  |  |  |  |Oh, Mother, tell your children|  |  |  |  |Not to do what I have done.|  |  |  |  |Spend your lives in sin and misery|  |  |  |  |In the house of the risin' sun.[Instrumental]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 5]|  |  |  |  |Well, I've got one foot on the platform,|  |  |  |  |the other foot on the train.|  |  |  |  |I'm goin' back to New Orleans|  |  |  |  |To wear that ball and chain.[Instrumental]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 6]|  |  |  |  |Well, there is a house in New Orleans|  |  |  |  |They call the Risin' Sun|  |  |  |  |And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.|  |  |  |  |And God, I know I'm one.[Instrumental]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |  |  |(fade out with Am and Dm)