In the Animals' recording the organ often plays 7th chords, 
when the guitar does not.


[Intro]
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[Verse 1] 
           
There is a hou

             
se in New Orle

    
ans
            
They call the 

            
"Rising Sun"
            
And it's been 

            
the ruin of ma

            
ny a poor boy
           
And God, I kno

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w, I'm one    

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           (or

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gan plays E7)


[Verse 2]
           
My mother was 

          
a tailor (orga

n: F7)
           
She sewed my n

             
ew blue jeans 


(organ: E7)
           
My father was 

          
a gambling man
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Down in New Or

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leans.        

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    (organ pla

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ys E7)


[Verse 3]
           
Now the only t

             
hing a gambler

   
 needs (organ:

 F7)
            
Is a suitcase 

          
and a trunk (o

rgan: E7)
           
And the only t

             
ime, he's sati

    
sfied,
           
Is when he's o

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n a drunk     

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         (orga

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n plays E7)


[Organ Solo]
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[Verse 4]
           
Oh, mother, te

             
ll your childr

      
en (organ: F7)
            
Not to do what

            
 I have done (


organ: E7)
           
Spend your liv

             
es in sin and 

     
misery
            
In the House o

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f Rising Sun  

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            (o

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rgan plays E7)


[Verse 5]
            
Well, I got on

             
e foot on the 

           
platform (orga

n plays F7)
            
The other foot

            
 on the train 

  
(organ: E7)
           
I'm going back

             
 to New Orlean

  
s (organ: F7)
           
To wear that b

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all and chain 

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            (o

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rgan plays E7#

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9)


[Verse 6]
            
Well, there is

            
 a house in Ne

          
w Orleans (org

an: F7)
            
They call the 

            
"Rising Sun" (


organ: E7)
            
And it's been 

            
the ruin of ma

          
ny a poor boy
          
And God, I kno

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w, I'm one


[Coda]
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(a tempo)

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   (ritardando

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)     (organ p

lays Am9; guit

ar equivalent:

 x-0-5-5-5-7)