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House Of The Risin Sun

by Bob Dylan
Chords
4.6 (220)
Key: Am Tuning: E A D G B E
Version:
v1v2v3
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House of the Risin' Sun (1961) - Bob Dylan
Play it kind of like this:
  [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-|
G|----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
D|----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|
A|-0----------0----------3----------3----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
  [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-|
G|----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|
D|-0----------0----------3----------3----------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
  [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-|
G|----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
D|----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|
A|-0----------0----------3----------3----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
  [ch]E[/ch]
e|-----------------------|
B|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
G|----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
D|----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-0----------0----------|
Intro
Verse 1
There
is a
house down in
New Orl
eans
They
call the
Risin'
Sun
And it's
been the
ruin of
many poor gi
rl
And
me, oh
God, I'm a
-one
Verse 2
M
y mot
her was a
taylor
She s
ewed these
new blue j
eans
My
sweetheart w
as a gam
bler, Lo
rd
Down in
New Orlea
ns
Verse 3
No
w the only t
hing a gambl
er need
s
Is a
suitcase
and a t
runk
And th
e only
time he's
satisfied
Is w
hen he's
on a dr
unk
Verse 4
He
fills his
glasses u
p to the
brim
And he'll
pace the
cards aro
und
And the o
nly pleas
ure he g
ets out of l
ife
Is r
amblin' fr
om town to
town
Verse 5
Oh
tell
my baby
sister
Not t
o do wha
t I hav
e done
But sh
un that h
ouse in
New Orlean
s
They
call the
Risin'
Sun
Verse 6
Wel
l, it's o
ne foot on t
he platfo
rm
And t
he other
foot on the
train
I
'm goin'
back to
New Orlean
s
To
wear that
ball and
chain
Verse 7
I'm a
-goin'
back to N
ew Orlean
s
My ra
ce is alm
ost run
I'm goin'
back to
end my li
fe
D
own in the R
isin' S
un
Verse 8
Th
ere is a
house in N
ew Orlean
s
They
call the
Risin'
Sun
It's b
een the r
uin of m
any poor g
irl
And
me, oh
God, Im a-
one
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