House Of The Rising Sun Uke tab by The Animals

5 Chords used in the song: Am, C, D, F, E

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Year:  1964
Difficulty: 
3.7
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
Intro: Am chordAm  C chordC  D chordD  F chordF  Am chordAm  E chordE  Am chordAm  E chordE

xA|------0---------3---------0---------0---|
xE|-----0-0-------0-0-------2-2-------1-1--|
xC|----0---0-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0-|
xG|-2---------0---------2---------2--------|

xA|------0---------2---------0---------2---|
xE|-----0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--|
xC|----0---0-----2---2-----0---0-----2---2-|
xG|-2---------1---------2---------1--------|

Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
There is a house in New Orleans
Am chordAm C chordC E chordE E chordE
They call the Risin' Sun
Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm
And God, I know I'm one.

Interlude: C chordC D chordD F chordF Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm E chordE

Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
My mother was a tailor.
Am chordAm C chordC E chordE E chordE
She sewed my new blue jeans.
Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
My father was a gamblin' man
Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm
Down in New Or-leans.

Interlude: C chordC D chordD F chordF Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm E chordE

Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Am chordAm C chordC E chordE E chordE
Is a suitcase and a trunk
Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
And the only time that he's satis-fied
Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm
Is when he's on a drunk

Interlude: C chordC D chordD F chordF Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm E chordE

Organ Solo - For about 12- 16 bars -

Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
Oh, Mother, tell your children
Am chordAm C chordC E chordE E chordE
Not to do what I have done.
Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
Spend your lives in sin and misery
Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm
In the house of the risin' sun.

Interlude: C chordC D chordD F chordF Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm E chordE

Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
Well, I've got one foot on the platform.
Am chordAm C chordC E chordE E chordE
the other foot on the train.
Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm
To wear that ball and chain.

Interlude: C chordC D chordD F chordF Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm E chordE

Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
Am chordAm C chordC E chordE E chordE
They call the Risin' Sun
Am chordAm C chordC D chordD F chordF
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
Am chordAm E chordE Am chordAm
And God, I know I'm one.

Outro:
C chordC D chordD F chordF Am chordAm E chordE
Am chordAm D chordD Am chordAm D chordD Am chordAm D chordD - fade out with Am chordAm and D chordD -

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Josapr avatar
By the fingerpicking, the E chords should be E7, but taking that into account, this is the best one I've found! Sounds excellent!
18 Jun 2023
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Medusa13 avatar
flag for ES(ISO2) (Santander)
Bien los acordes y la letra.
22 May 2020
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