House of The Rising Sun (Bm N and E)

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/

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