{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":607871,"song":"The Rising Sun Blues","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572857-the-rising-sun-blues-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607871?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"The Rising Sun Blues\r\nTraditional\r\n\r\nThis is a more traditional version of \"House of the Rising Sun\" that The Animals made famous.\r\nIt sounds really good arpeggiated in a 2/4 time, and played slowly and evenly like a \r\nor ballad.  If you're wondering why the reference is mainly female, it is because the \r\nSun was a brothel as well as a gambling house.\r\n\r\n\r\n      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere is a house in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun,[/tab]\r\n    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                     \r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIts been the ruin of many poor girls (boys), and me, O Lord, for one.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf I had listened what Mama said, I'd a been at home today\r\nBeing so young and foolish, poor boy, let a rambler lead me astray\r\n\r\nGo tell my baby siser (brother), never do like I have done,\r\nTell her (him) shun that house in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun.\r\n\r\nMy mother she's a tailor, she sewed those new blue jeans\r\nMy sweetheart, he's a gambler, Lord, drinks down in New Orleans.\r\n\r\nThe only thing that a drunkard wants is a suitcase and a trunk,\r\nThe only thing that a rounder likes is to git on a great big drunk.\r\n\r\nOne foot is on the platform, the other one on the train,\r\nI'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.\r\n\r\nI'm going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run,\r\nI'm going to spend the rest of my days beneath the Rising Sun.\r\n\r\nGo tell my baby sister (brother), never do like I have done,\r\nTell her (him) shun that house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun.","plain_text":"The Rising Sun Blues\nTraditional\n\nThis is a more traditional version of \"House of the Rising Sun\" that The Animals made famous.\nIt sounds really good arpeggiated in a 2/4 time, and played slowly and evenly like a \nor ballad.  If you're wondering why the reference is mainly female, it is because the \nSun was a brothel as well as a gambling house.\n\n\n      Em            Am     Em                  Am    \n\n    Em               B7         Em                     \n\n\nIf I had listened what Mama said, I'd a been at home today\nBeing so young and foolish, poor boy, let a rambler lead me astray\n\nGo tell my baby siser (brother), never do like I have done,\nTell her (him) shun that house in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun.\n\nMy mother she's a tailor, she sewed those new blue jeans\nMy sweetheart, he's a gambler, Lord, drinks down in New Orleans.\n\nThe only thing that a drunkard wants is a suitcase and a trunk,\nThe only thing that a rounder likes is to git on a great big drunk.\n\nOne foot is on the platform, the other one on the train,\nI'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.\n\nI'm going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run,\nI'm going to spend the rest of my days beneath the Rising Sun.\n\nGo tell my baby sister (brother), never do like I have done,\nTell her (him) shun that house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun.","chords":["Em","Am","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}