The Animals
Written by Alan Price
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Midi 1
(C115)
Midi
2(C111) Midi 3(F95) Midi 4(G82) |
| Tabbed by Mark Purintun |
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| This song is about a man who wasted his life because of gambling and alcohol addictions. So remember, drinking excessively is not good for your health and could lead to serious problems and addictions. Plays hell with your harp playing too... |
Verse 1:
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8 -8 -6 -6
There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun.
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
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And God, I know I'm one.
Verse 2:
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9 8 8
My mother was a tailor sewed my new blue jeans.
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My fa ther was a gam blin' man down in New Orleans
Verse 3:
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7 -8 -6 -6 -10 -10 -10 -10 9 8
8
Now the onl y thing a gambler needs is a
suitcase and a trunk
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And the o nly time he'll be sa tisfied, is when he's all
a drunk.
Instrumental here...
Verse 4:
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Oh mother tell your children notto do what I have done.
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6 -6
Spend your lives in sin and misery, inthe house of the rising sun.
Verse 5:
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7 -8 -6 -6 -10 -10 -10 9 8
8
Well I've got one foot on the platform. The oth'r foot on the
train.
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7 -6 -6 6# 5 6 -6
I'm go in' back to New Orleans, to wear that ba ll and chain.
Verse 6:
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7 -8 -6 -6 -10 -10 -10 9 8
8
Well there is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun.
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God, I kn ow I'm one.
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