6 Chords used in the song: Am, C, D, F, E7, Em
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# Finger Picking Pattern
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# ---*------*----
# --*-----*------
# *-----*-------- this note is held slightly longer and makes it kinda syncopatedAm,
C,
D,
F,
Am,
E7,
Am,
E7
Am
C
D
F
There is a house in New OrleansAm
C
Em
Em
They call the Rising SunAm
C
D
F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am
E7
Am
And God I know I'm one
Am
C
D
F
My mother was a tailorAm
C
E7
E7
She sewed my new bluejeansAm
C
D
F
My father was a gamblin' manAm
E7
Am
E7
Down in New Orleans
Am
C
D
F
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Am
E7
Am
E7
Is a suitcase and trunk
Am
C
D
F
And the only time he's satisfied
Am
E7
Am
E7
Is when he's on a drunk
Am
C
D
F
Oh mother tell your children
Am
C
E7
E7
Not to do what I have doneAm
C
D
F
Spend your lives in sin and misery
Am
E7
Am
E7
In the House of the Rising Sun
#Start strumming Down, Down, Up, Down
Am
C
D
F
Well, I got one foot on the platform
Am
C
E7
The other foot on the train
Am
F
D
F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am
E7
E7
To wear that ball and chain
Am
C
D
F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
Am
E7
Am
E7
They call the Rising Sun
Am
C
D
F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am
E7
Am
And God I know I'm one
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The beginning is a finger picking pattern like you have showed make sure to state it that this song is in 3/4 time so the last two strings are played as 8th notes.
07 Oct 2010
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