00:42 Lesson Intro
01:11 Chords
03:15 Interlude/Verse Outlined
04:33 Two ways to play the song
05:07 "Picking" approach
10:28 "Picking" demo
11:05 Strumming approach
14:07 Strumming demo
14:42 Lesson Outro
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...But HOW you strum it!
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[Intro]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
[Verse 1]
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans
Am C 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
[Interlude]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
[Verse 2]
Am C D F
My mother was a tailor
Am C E7
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am C D F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am E7 (Am)
Down in New Orleans
[Interlude]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
[Verse 3]
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 satisfied
Am E7 (Am)
Is when he's all drunk
[Solo]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |C |E7 |% |
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
[Verse 4]
Am C D F
Oh mother, tell your children
Am C E7
Not to do what I have done
Am C D F
Spend your lives in sin and misery
Am E7 (Am)
In the House of the Rising Sun
[Interlude]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
[Verse 5]
Am C D F
Well, I got one foot on the platform
Am C E7
The other foot on the train
Am C D F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am E7 (Am)
To wear that ball and chain
[Interlude]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |E7 |
[Verse 6]
Am C D F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
Am C 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
[Outro]
|Am |C |D |F |
|Am |E7 |Am |Dm |
|Am |Dm |Am |Dm |
|Am |Dm |Am |Dm |
|Am |