The Animals

The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun guitar tab

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 though, so I guess I'll call it an E7, too. Does anyone know how to play the organ solos on guitar? If so, contact me 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

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