Waylon Jennings - House Of The Rising Sun(harp) guitar tab
These might not be Waylon's lyrics,but as long as you have
the tab,I think it's fine.
Verse 1:
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun.
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
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And God, I know I'm one.
Verse 2:
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My mother was a tailor sewed my new blue jeans.
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My fa ther was a gam blin' man down in New Orleans
Verse 3:
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Now the onl y thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the o nly time he'll be sa tisfied, is when he's all a drunk.
Instrumental here...
Verse 4:
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Oh mother tell your children notto do what I have done.
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Spend your lives in sin and misery, inthe house of the rising sun.
Verse 5:
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Well I've got one foot on the platform. The oth'r foot on the train.
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I'm go in' back to New Orleans, to wear that ba ll and chain.
Verse 6:
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Well there is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun.
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