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Key: G

Genre: General

Harp Type: Diatonic

Skill: Any

House of the Rising Sun (Hakan Ehn style)

I didn’t originally intend to post this. It was for my own reference,
a person in another forum was asking about tabs for this, so here it is.

/ and mean bend up to the note or bend down from the note. (The backward
slash I typed above wouldn’t show up when I posted the tab.) “g” means gliss.
Well, none of the backslashes show up. Just listen to the video.

G Harp
-4 -6 -1 -2” -3’ -2” -1 -1
There is a house in New Or-leans

-4 -4 -4 4 -3’ -3’
They call the Ris-ing Sun

-4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3’ -3” -1 X -2”
And it’s been the ruin of ma- ny poor boy

-1 -1 -1-1’ -1’ -1
And God I know I’m one

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-4 -4 -4 4 -3’ -2” -1
My mo-ther was a tai-lor

-4 -4 -4 4 -3”/-3’
She sewed my new blue-jeans

-(gliss from -6)-
-8 -8 -8 -8 7 /-6 /-6 -4 -5
My fa-ther was a gamb- lin’ man

-4 -4 4 -3’ (-4 -5) -4
Down in New Or- leans

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-8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 6 -4 -5
Now the on-ly thing a gam-bler needs

-8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 -6
Is a suit-case and a trunk

-8 -8 -8 -8 7 g-6 g-6 -4 -5
And the on-ly time he’s sa- tis-fied

(-4 -5) -4 -4 -4’ -3’(-4 -5)
Is when he’s on a drunk

****************************Low D Harp

-4 -2 -2 -3’ -2 4 -3
Oh mother go tell your chil-dren

-2 -3’ -2 4 -3 -2 -3’ 4 (-4 -5 shake)
Oh not to do what I have done

-4 (-4 -5) -2 -3 4 -3 -2 -3’ 4 -2
Oh spend your lives in sin and mi-se- ry

-1 -1 -2 -2” -1’ -2
Down in New Or-leans

*************************Solo D Harp
-2 -3” -3’ -3” -4 -3 -2
~
/-4 -5g -2 -3” 4

-2 -3” -3’ -3” -4 -3 -2
~
/-4 -3 -2 -3” 4 -4

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-4’ -4 /-5 5 -4 4 -3’ -2

-2 -2 -2 -4’ 4 -3’ -2
~
-3 -2 -2” -2 -3’ -2
~
-1’ -1 -2” -2 -3’ 4 -3’ /-4 -5 6 -5 -4 4 -3’

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-4 -5 6 /-6 6 -5 6 -5 4 -4

-2 -3’ -4 -2 -2 -2” -2 -4

-4’ -4 /-5 -4 -5 -4 /-5
–slide— –(7X)–
-4 -4’ -4 -4’ -4 -4’ -3’ -4’ -4 -5 -4 -5

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9 8 -8 8 -8 -9 7 -6 6
-5 -4’ 4 -3’ -3” -2 -3’ 4 -3’
-5 /-4 -5 -2 -3// -2 -3’ -2”/-2” -1 -2”
-1 -2”/ -3’/ 4 -3’ -5 -4’ -4//
/-4 4 -3’ -2 -2”/ -3’ -2

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/(-4 -5) /(-4 -5) /(-4 -5) /-4 /-4 /-4

~ -5 (6X. Different speeds.)
-4 -4 4 -3’ -2 -3” 4 -3” [-4 -5 -4 -3]

-4 (-3 -4) (-3’ -4’)/// (-4 -5)

56 6 6 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 -6’
~
6 -5 -4 56 -5 -4 -4’ 4 -3” -3’

-4’ -4 -5 -4’ -4 -4’ -3 -2 -3”

-3’ 4 -3’ -2 -3’ 4 -3’

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

-4’ -3” -2 -2” -2 -2” -1/ -2 -2” -1 -2”

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/9 /9 /9 9 -10 9 10’ /10 /10 /10

9 -10 9 /10 /10 /10 /10 /10 /10

9 /9 /9 9 -10 9 /10 /10

9 -10 9 /10 /10 /10 /9 8 -8 9

****************************G Harp

-4 -6 -1 -2” -3’ -2” -1 -1
I’ve got one foot on the plat-form

-4 -4 -4 4 -3” -3’
The o-ther on the train

-4 -4 -4 4 -3’ -3” -1 -2”
I’m go-in’ back to New Or-leans

-1’ -1 -1 -1’ -1’ -1
To wear that ball and chain

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-4 -4 -4 4 -3’ -2” -1’ -1
There is a house in New Or-leans

-4 -4 -4 4 -3” -3’
They call the Ris-ing Sun

-8 -8 -8 7 -6 -6 -4 -5
It’s been the ruin of ma-ny boy

-4 -4 4 -3’ -4
God I know I’m one

************************Low D Harp
Play softly:

Mostly half notes:

-1 -2 -3” 4 -4
(1/16th note)

-2 -3” 4 -2

-1 -2 -3” 4 -4
(1/16th note)

-2 -1 -2
(3 beats)

Repeat

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
My mother was a tailor
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
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
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
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