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THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN This arrangement requires two harps. (Bm N) (In round brackets) [E] [In square brackets] [Any section that requires a harp in a new key is a key change, even if for one note[accidental]] This is not the original key used by the Animals (but it is lower to sing) Playing with original requires (Em N) (Em N is Am in first position) [A] [In square brackets] G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/ (3 Em/ 4 '4 G/ 5 6 A/ -5 4 C/ 4 There is a house in New Or leans, 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 B7/ 6 / They call the Ris ing Sun 7 7 Em/ 7 -4G/ 5 6 A/-5 4 4C/4 4) And it's been the ruin of ma ny a poor boy [4 Em/ 4 4 B7/-3 3 -3 Em/ 4] And God I kn ow I'm one G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/ (7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 6 4 My mother was a tail or, C/7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 B7/ 6 / She sewed my new blue jeans 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 6 4 4 C/ 4) My father was a gamblin' man, [Em/ 4 4 B7/ -3 3 -3 Em/ 4] Down in Ne w Or leans G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/ (7 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 6 4 C/ 4 Now the on ly thing a gambler needs 7 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 B7/ 6 / Is a suitcase and a trunk 7 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 4 4 C/ 4) And the on ly time he's sat is fied [4 Em/ 4 4 B7/ -3 3 -3 Em/ 4] Is when he's on a drunk G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/ (3 Em/ 4 -4 G/ 5 6 A/ -5 4 Oh mother tell your children, C/7 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 B7/ 6 / Not to do what I have done 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 6 4 4 4 C/4) To spend your life in sin and miser y, [ 4 4 Em/ 4 4 4 B7/-3 3 -3 Em/ 4] In the house of the Ris in g Sun G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/ ( 7 7 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 6 4 Well, I've got one foot on the platform, C/7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 B7/ 6 / The other foot on the train 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 G/ 6 4 C/ 4) I'm going back to New Or leans, [4 Em/ 4 4 B7/ -3 3 -3 Em/ 4] To wear that ba ll and chain G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/ (7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 A/ 6 4 C/ 4 / There is a house in New Or leans, 7 Em/ 7 7 G/ -7 6 B7/ 6 They call the Ris ing Sun 7 7 Em/ 7 7 G/-76 6 A/ 6 4 44 C/4 And it's been the ruin of many a poorboy 4 Em/ 4 4 B7/ -3 3 -3 Em/ 4 And God I kno w I'm one G/ A/ C/ Em/ B7/ Em/ B7/