House of The Rising Sun ~ Five Chord Song

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN          

     Am       C          D      F         

There is a house in New Orleans, 

      Am       C       E

They call the Rising Sun

   Am     C      D        F       

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

    Am    E         Am   C   D   F  C    E   

And me, I Know, I'm one

   Am     C      D     F    Am       C        E

My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans

   Am     C     D        F     Am      E      Am   C

My father was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans

        Am   C       D       F          Am       C     E 

Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk

        Am   C    D         F        Am        E    Am     C

And the only time he's satisfied, is when he's on a drunk

    Am      C         D         

Oh, mother, tell your children,  

F       Am      C       E 

 not to do what I have done,

       Am         C        D           F           

Don't  spend your lives in sin and misery, 

       Am           E      Am    C

in the house of the Rising Sun

                   Am   C     D       F      

Well  I’ve got one foot on the platform, 

    Am         C      E 

the other foot on the train

    Am    C       D         F    Am        E        Am      C

I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain

            Am   C        D      F          

Well, There is a house in New Orleans, 

     Am       C      E

they call the Rising Sun

    Am            C       D           F         

And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy , 

    Am     E        Am   c

and God, I know I'm one

 

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet ~ A Five Chord Song

       G                              A7 
 

On the old farm house veranda sat old Silas and Miranda

         D7               G

Thinking of the days gone by

                                          A7

He said "Dearie, don't be weary, you were always bright and cheery

      D7                  G

but a tear dear dims your eyes"

          D                  G         D                    G

She said "These are tears of gladness, they're not tears of sadness,

       A7                          D7

It was 50 years today that we were wed"

        G                                      A7

And the old man's eyes they brightened and his old stern heart it lightened

      D7                G7

as he turned to her and said

[Chorus]

            C                         F

Put on your old grey bonnet, with the blue ribbon on it

         C         D7            G7

and I'll hitch old Dobbin to the shay

          C                         F

and we'll ride to Dover through the fields of clover

       C      G7      C     (D7)

on our golden wedding day

       G                              A7

It was in that same grey bonnet with the same blue ribbon on it

         D7               G

in the same shay by his side

                                  A7

that he drove her down to Dover through the same old fields of clover

      D7         G

to be his happy bride

          D                  G         D                    G

The birds were brightly singing, the old church bells were ringing

       A7                          D7

as the passed by that old church where they were wed

        G                                      A7

and at night while stars were gleaming the old couple lay there dreaming

      D7                G7

dreaming of the words he said

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Learn this song and play it at 

your next anniversary party :)

Have a lovely day . . .

Connie :)