I don't think anybody has learned to play guitar without adding this to their repertoire.

Am C D F
Am C E
Am C D F
Am E Am E

There is a house in New Orleans,
they call the "Rising Sun",
it's been the ruin of many a poor girl,
and me, oh lord, I'm one.

My mother is a tailor,
she sews those new blue jeans.
My husband he's a gambling man,
drinks down in New Orleans.

My husband in a gambler,
he goes from town to town.
The only time that he's satisfied,
is when he drinks his liquor down.

Go tell my baby sister,
never do what I have done.
Shun that house in New Orleans
they call the "Rising Sun".

One foot on the platform,
the other's on the train,
I'm going back to New Orleans,
to wear that ball and chain.

Going back to New Orleans,
my race is almost run,
I'm going to sped the rest of my life,
beneath that "Rising Sun".


or The Animals version:

There is a house in New Orleans,
they call the Rising Sun.
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
and God, I know I'm one.

My mother was a tailor
she sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
down in New Orleans.

Now the only thing a gambler needs
is a suitcase and a trunk.
And the only time that he's satisfied
is when he's down and drunk.

Oh mother tell your children
not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin 'n misery
in the House of the Rising sun.

Well I've got one foot on the platform
the other foot on the train.
I'm going back to New Orleans
to wear that ball and chain.

There is a house in New Orleans,
they call it Rising Sun.
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
and God, I know I'm one.






[Edited by Lordathestrings on 03-26-2001 at 04:55 PM]