From: norlin@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Subject: TAB: House of the Rising Sun
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:01:29 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin) writes:

>In article <1992Dec18.162400.24790@cc.umontreal.ca> saiasr@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Saias Remi) writes:
>Does anyone have the tabs for House of the Rising Sun by the Animals?
>I used to have a very easy to play version that sounded great but
>since then I have lost it.  I looked at the one on ftp.nevada.edu, and
>it's nothing like what I remember.  The first few measures were
>something like this:

>			          These are guesses.
>  Am	     C         D(I think) F         E
>E------0----|----0----|----2-----|---------|--------
>B-----1-1---|---1-1---|---3-3----|---------|--------
>G----2---2--|--0---0--|--2---2---|---------|--------
>D-----------|---------|-0-----0--|---------|--------
>A---0-----0-|-3-----3-|----------|---------|--------
>E-----------|---------|----------|---------|--------

Here's how I play it.  Not quite the same as what you post, but it's
a fingerpicking arrangement and it sounds very good.  Notice that the
left hand fingerings are all standard first position chords, which
makes it that much easier to play.  The only challenge is getting the
clawhammer right hand part down.  Play the bass notes (which are actually
the melody notes) with your thumb and the treble notes (which are
accompaniment notes) with your index and middle fingers.  All notes
are 8th notes, and the time signature is 3/4 (or 3 to be technically
correct).                                        4

P.S.  It was a pain to enter this tab using vi.  Is there an easier way,
i.e., a software package?


    Am           Am          Am          C           D
e|| -----0------|----0------|----0------|----0------|----2----------------
B|| ---1---1---1|--1---1---1|--1---1---1|--1---1---1|--3---3---3----------
G||.------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------
D||.---------2--|--------2--|-----------|--------2--|0--------------------
A|| -0----------|0----------|0-------0--|3----------|--------0------------
E|| ------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------
    (Lead in)           There is     a   house   in  new     Or-
    one...              <additional lyrics>

 F            Am          C           E
e-----1------|----0------|----0------|----0------|----0----------------
B---1---1---1|--1---1---1|--1---1---1|--0---0---0|--0---0---0----------
G---------2--|2-------2--|0----------|-----------|--------1------------
D------------|-----------|--------2--|2----------|---------------------
A-3----------|-----------|-----------|--------2--|---------------------
E------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|0--------------------
  leans  They call    the ri-     sing sun                It's

 Am           C           D           F           Am
e-----0------|----0------|----2------|----1------|----0----------------
B---1---1---1|--1---1---1|--3---3---3|--1---1---1|--1---1---1----------
G-2----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------
D------------|--------2--|0----------|--------3--|2--------------------
A---------0--|3----------|--------0--|3----------|--------0------------
E------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------
  been    the ruin    of  many    poor boy    and Lord,   I

 E              Am
e-----0------ ||----0---0-4|4/5------------------------------------------
B---0---0---0 ||--1---1----|---------------------------------------------
G------------.||-----------|---------------------------------------------
D------------.||-----------|---------------------------------------------
A---------2-- ||0----------|---------------------------------------------
E-0---------- ||-----------|---------------------------------------------
  know,   I'm ||(ending)

              Repeat for as many verses as you know/want

Cheers,
Norman Lin
norlin@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
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