However, there is a major theme in ā House of the Rising Sun ā that is common to just about all versions. It speaks of the city of New Orleans being a place where your life can just go very wrong if you fall in with the wrong people. The verses are very descriptive and almost are a warning at times. They talk about the house being the ruin
[Verse 1] There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin, of many a poor boy And God, I know, cuz' I'm one [Verse 2] My mother, was a tailor She sewed my new blue
There is a house in New Orleans. They call the Rising Sun. And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one. My mother was a tailor She sewed my new bluejeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans. Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time that he's satisfied Is when he's all drunk.
The Animals. , ukulele chords. Intro: Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans Am C E7 They call the Ā«Rising SunĀ» Am C D F And itŹ¼s been the ruin of many a poor boy Am E7 Am And God, I know, IŹ¼m one Instrumental: C D F Am E7 Am E7 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
when we've been there. ten thousand years. bright shining as the sun. no we've no less days. to sing your grace. then when we've first begun. amazing grace. how sweet the sound. that saved a wrech like me.
And God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans And my father was a gamblinā² man Down in New Orleans Well the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's feelin' satisfied Is when heā²s all a drunk Now mothers wonā²t you tell all your children Not to do what I have done Not to spend their lives in sin and misery At the House of the
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