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House of the Rising Sun Guitar Tabs

The Animals

House of the Rising Sun Guitar Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Intermediate

Learn how to play House of the Rising Sun on Guitar with this selection of tablatures:

  • Guitar House of the Rising Sun Simple

    Simple

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Am
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    It ain't hard to have a good time.

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  • Guitar House of the Rising Sun Jam

    Jam

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Am
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    This arrangement mimics the original guitar accompaniment heard on the Animal's recording of House of the Rising Sun.

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  • Guitar House of the Rising Sun Bluegrass

    Bluegrass

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Am
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    Doc put this song in standard time to give it more of a bluegrass feel. It works great there for picking and vocals. Capo at the third fret, and have a ball.

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Practicing Tips

Learning Overview:
Delve into the intriguing depths of 'House of the Rising Sun' with this comprehensive resource, which offers flatpicking guitar tablatures for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Styles. The song's deceptively challenging structure provides abundant opportunities for beginners to solidify basic flatpicking techniques while intermediates and advanced players can extend their musical boundaries.


Practice Tips:
Take advantage of Tunefox's Lick Switcher feature - an innovative way to enhance your lick vocabulary. It allows for the interchange of licks within the same song, helping you discover a myriad of variations that you can infuse into your arrangements. Just tap the measure to uncover the hidden licks.


Your learning is also aided by the Arrange slider - a powerful tool to customize the difficulty level. Sliding to the left removes the fill-in notes and displays a simpler arrangement, while sliding to the right adds these notes back, revealing the full song.


Get to grips with song tempo using the Tempo Slider. Whether you're looking to slow things down or crank up the pace, adjusting the speed of the song guides your learning journey at your own pace.


Enrich your learning experience with backing tracks, which offer a real sounding instrumental setting. Ensure to repeat selected measures and use the 'Speed Up' function, which incrementally increases playback tempo, ideal for gradually transitioning to faster speeds.


In conclusion, remember that constant experimentation is key to mastering bluegrass. So, take time to enjoy the process, play along with the tracks, and try out new licks. Remember, there's no rush - start at a speed that feels comfortable and let your skills evolve naturally over time.


House of the Rising Sun lyrics

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the 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 gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans

To wear that ball and chain
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one