House of the Rising Sun (key of Am, 3/4)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L475
Credit: Traditional · traditional
Origin: Traditional American folk song, author unknown (Roud 6393); public domain. Two copies in the same key (Am, 3/4), compiled into one entry. Copy 1 (s001): typed in small capitals, no chords, 'Progression: Am C D F Am C E, Am C D F Am E, Am' handwritten at the bottom. Copy 2 (s006): handwritten in blue ink with chords and slashes, 3/4 time, key of Am, with tab.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords from the handwritten copy (s006).
Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans Am C E7 They call the rising sun Am C D F It has been the ruin of many a poor girl Am E7 Am E7 And me, oh God, am one. Am C D F My mother is a tailor Am C E7 She sews my old blue jeans Am C D F And my daddy is a gambling man Am E7 Am E7 Way down in New Orleans. Am C D F Now the only thing a gambler needs Am C E7 Is a suitcase and a trunk Am C D F And the only time he's half satisfied Am E7 Am E7 Is when he's on a drunk. Am C D F Go tell my baby sister Am C E7 Not to do what I have done Am C D F But to shun that house in New Orleans Am E7 Am E7 They call the rising sun. Am C D F I'm going back to New Orleans Am C E7 My race is almost run Am C D F I'm going back to spend my life Am E7 Am Beneath that rising sun.