{"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":2765377,"song":"House Of The Rising Sun","artist":"Woody Guthrie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2765377-house-of-the-rising-sun-chords-by-woody-guthrie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2765377?type=chord","rating":4.92595,"votes":45,"content":"Re the strumming pattern: if you listen to the record, \r\nhe just boom-chucks it [bass chord & repeat] all the way through\r\n — doesn't seem like the 3/4 time of most other versions.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere is a house in New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou call the Rising Sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's been the ruin of many a poor soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd me, oh God, I'm one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I'd listened to what mama said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd be at home today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeing so young and foolish, poor girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI let a gambler lead me astray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mother she's a tailor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSews those new blue jeans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy sweetheart, he's a drunkard, Lord God[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe drinks down in New Orleans[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe fills his glasses to the brim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPasses them around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only pleasure that he gets out of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs a-hoboin' from town to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe only thing a drunkard needs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs a suitcase and a trunk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe only time that he's half satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs when he's on a drunk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGo and tell my baby sister[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever do like I have done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShun that house down in New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat they call that Rising Sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's one foot on the platform[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne foot on the train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going back down to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo wear my ball and my chain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy life is almost over[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy race is almost run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGoing back down to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo that house of the Rising Sun[/tab]","plain_text":"Re the strumming pattern: if you listen to the record, \nhe just boom-chucks it [bass chord & repeat] all the way through\n — doesn't seem like the 3/4 time of most other versions.\n\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}