{title: House of the Rising Sun} {artist: Animals} # Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU3KELkd-zY (play along in this key) # From: Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/Uke {soc} There [Am]is a [C]house in [D]New Or[F]leans They [Am]call the [C]Rising [E7]Sun And it's [Am]been the [C]ruin of [D]many a poor [F]boy And [Am]God I [E7]know I'm [Am]one [E7] {eoc} My [Am]mother [C]was a [D]tailor [F] She [Am]sewed my [C]new blue [E7]jeans My [Am]father [C]was a [D]gamblin' [F]man [Am]Down in [E7]New Or[Am]leans [E7] Now the [Am]only [C]thing a [D]gambler [F]needs Is a [Am]suit[C]case and [E7]trunk And the [Am]only [C]time that [D]he's satis[F]fied Is [Am]when he's [E7]on a [Am]drunk [E7] Oh [Am]mother [C]tell your [D]children [F] Not to [Am]do what [C]I have [E7]done [Am]Spend your [C]lives in [D]sin and mise[F]ry In the [Am]House of the [E7]Rising [Am]Sun [E7] Well I got [Am]one foot [C]on the [D]platform [F] The [Am]other [C]foot on the [E7]train I'm [Am]goin' [C]back to [D]New Or[F]leans To [Am]wear that [E7]ball and [Am]chain [E7] {soc} Well there [Am]is a [C]house in [D]New Or[F]leans They [Am]call the [C]Rising [E7]Sun And it's [Am]been the [C]ruin of [D]many a poor [F]boy And [Am]God I [E7]know I'm [Am]one [E7] [Am] {eoc}