House of the Rising Sun- The Animals

Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun


This is a fun song to play and it is relatively easy.  This song utilizes arpeggios.  An arpeggio is when the notes of a chord are picked individually.  After a few verses, begin to strum the chords, this will give the same chords a different feel.

Am        C        D        F
|-----0---|----0---|----2---|----1---|
|----1-1--|---1-1--|---3-3--|---1-1--|
|---2-----|--0-----|--2-----|--2-----|
|---------|------2-|-0----0-|-3------|
|--0----0-|-3------|--------|------0-|
|-0-------|--------|--------|--------|

Am        C        E        E7
|-----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|
|----1-1--|---1-1--|---0-0--|---3-3--|
|---2-----|--0-----|--1-----|--1-----|
|---------|------0-|-2----2-|-2------|
|--0----0-|-3------|--------|------2-|
|---------|--------|--------|--------|

Am        C        D        F
|-----0---|----0---|----2---|----1---|
|----1-1--|---1-1--|---3-3--|---1-1--|
|---2-----|--0-----|--2-----|--2-----|
|---------|------2-|-0----0-|-3----0-|
|--0----0-|-3------|--------|--------|
|-0-------|--------|--------|--------|

Am        E7       Am        
|----0----|----0---|----0---|-5------|
|---1-1---|---3-1--|---1-1--|-5------|
|--2------|--1-----|--2-----|-5------|
|-2----0--|-2------|--------|--------|
|---------|------2-|-0----0-|-0------|
|---------|--------|--------|--------|



There is a house in New Orleans,
They call it 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 blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans.

And the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk.
And the only time he is satisfied
Is when he`s down and drunk.

So mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of a Rising sun.

Well I`ve got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train.
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.

There is a house in New Orleans,
They call it Rising Sun.
And it`s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
And God, I know I`m one.

A Blues Scale

    |--------------------------5-8--|
    |----------------------5-8------|
    |----------------5-7-8----------|
    |------------5-7----------------|
    |------5-6-7--------------------|
    |--5-8--------------------------|

The blues scale is almost the same as the pentatonic scale.  

The difference is the D#, which is played on the 6th fret 

of the A string and on the 8th fret of the G string. 

Gmin7

E   3
B   3
G   3
D   3
A   5
E   3

Fmin7

E   1
B   1
G   1
D   1
A   3
E   1

Emin7

E   0
B   0
G   0
D   0
A   2
E   0

Dmin7

E   1
B   1
G   2
D   0
A   0
E   x

Cmin7

E   3
B   4
G   3
D   5
A   3
E   x

Bmin7

E   2
B   3
G   2
D   4
A   2
E   x

Amin7

E   0
B   1
G   0
D   2
A   0
E   x

Note about scales

The scales I have posted are shown first in open position, then in at least two other positions on the fretboard.  There are many different fingering patterns for all scales.  I have posted the ones that I use the most and that I think are the most commonly used.

A Dorian

A Dorian Scale (A - B - C - D - E - F# - G - A)

    |------------------------------0-2-3--|
    |------------------------0-1-3--------|
    |--------------------0-2--------------|
    |--------------0-2-4------------------|
    |--------0-2-3------------------------|
    |--0-2-3------------------------------|

    |------------------------------2-3-5--|
    |--------------------------3-5--------|
    |--------------------2-4-5------------|
    |--------------2-4-5------------------|
    |--------2-3-5------------------------|
    |--2-3-5------------------------------|

    |------------------------------5-7-8--|
    |------------------------5-7-8--------|
    |------------------4-5-7--------------|
    |------------4-5-7--------------------|
    |--------5-7--------------------------|
    |--5-7-8------------------------------|

A Major Bar Chord

E|--5--| B|--5--| G|--6--| D|--7--| A|--7--| E|--5--|

Tip: Use the outer part of your first finger, towards your thumb. Also, be sure your thumb is located on the middle of the neck and not resting at the top. Play the chord: 1. Place your 1st finger across all six strings at the fifth fret. 2. Place your 3rd finger on fret seven of string five. 3. Place your 4th finger on fret seven of string four. 4. Place your 2nd finger of fret six of string three. 5. Play the chord!

A Major

A Major Scale (A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A)

    |------------------------------0-2-4--|
    |------------------------0-2-3--------|
    |--------------------1-2--------------|
    |--------------0-2-4------------------|
    |--------0-2-4------------------------|
    |--0-2-4------------------------------|

    |------------------------------2-4-5--|
    |------------------------2-3-5--------|
    |------------------1-2-4--------------|
    |--------------2-4--------------------|
    |--------2-4-5------------------------|
    |--2-4-5------------------------------|

    |------------------------------4-5-7--|
    |--------------------------5-7--------|
    |--------------------4-6-7------------|
    |--------------4-6-7------------------|
    |--------4-5-7------------------------|
    |--4-5-7------------------------------|

 

C Major Scale

C Major Scale    |------------------------------0-1-3--|     |------------------------0-1-3--------|     |--------------------0-2--------------|     |--------------0-2-3------------------|     |--------0-2-3------------------------|     |--0-1-3------------------------------|