House of the Rising Sun - Austin Ukulele Society (AUS)

House of the Rising Sun Traditional

Chords in this song: C

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D

F

E7

Dm

Austin Ukulele Society

Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013

Intro - 2 beats per chord Am

C

D

F

Am

C

E7

E7

Am

C

D

F

Am

E7

Am

E7

1.

2.

3.

4.

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Am

Verse 1

C

F

D

There is a house in New Or-leans Am

C

E7

They call the Rising Sun

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C

Am

Verse 1

F

D

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy E7

Am

Am

And God I know I'm one C

Page 4

D

F

Am

E7


Am

E7


Am

Verse 2

C

F

D

My mother was a tailor Am

C

E7

She sewed my new blue-jeans

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Verse 2

C

Am

F

D

My father was a gamblin' man E7

Am

Am

Down in New Or-leans C

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D

F

Am

E7


Am

E7


Am

Verse 3

C

F

D

The only thing a gambler needs Am

C

E7

Is a suitcase and a trunk

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Am

C

Verse 3 F

D

And the only time he's satis-fied E7

Am

Am

Is when he's on a drunk C

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D

F

Am

E7


Am

E7


Verse 4

C

Am

F

D

Mothers tell your children Am

C

E7

Not to do what I have done

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Verse 4

C

Am

F

D

Spend your lives in sin and miser-y in the E7

Am

Am

House of the Rising Sun C

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D

F

Am

E7


Am

E7


Verse 5

C

Am

D

F

Got one foot on the platform Am

C

E7

And the other on the train

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Verse 5

C

Am

F

D

I'm goin' back to New Or-leans E7

Am

Am

To wear a ball and chain C

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D

F

Am

E7


Am

E7


Am

Verse 1

C

F

D

There is a house in New Or-leans Am

C

E7

They call the Rising Sun

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Verse 1 – Ending C

Am

D

F

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy E7

Am

Am

And God I know I'm one C

D

F

Am

E7

Am

Dm

Am

Dm

Am

Dm

Am

[hold]

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