Key: C
Genre: 60s
Harp Type: Diatonic
Skill: Any
House Of The Rising Sun (accompanyment)
This is the bass line for House Of The Rising Sun.
Time is 6/8 120bpm. Each note is a full measure.
Since it’s the bass line, it sounds better in the
lower octave, but you can play it higher to avoid
the bends if you want. Play it six times through.
I also find it sonds good to tongue the notes in
half in sync with the song.
-6 7 -8 -5 -6 5 -6 5
-3″ 4 -4 -2″ -3″ 2 -3″ 2
-6 7 -8 -5 -6 7 5 5
-3″ 4 -4 -2″ -3″ 4 2 2
Lyrics
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
And my father was a gamblin’ man
Way down in New Orleans
She sewed my new blue jeans
And my father was a gamblin’ man
Way down in New Orleans
And the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase in the trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s on a drunk
Is a suitcase in the trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s on a drunk
Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Don’t spend your life in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
Not to do what I have done
Don’t spend your life in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
I got one foot on the platform
And another on the train
And I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
And another on the train
And I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
Dear God, I know I was the one
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
Dear God, I know I was the one
