The House of the Rising Sun - free harmonica tabs & lesson

In today's harmonica lesson, I'll teach you to play 'The House of the Rising Sun' (a traditional song and a big hit for the Animals in the '60s) on a G diatonic harmonica.

Download free tabs:

House of the Rising Sun (Animals)

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Here are the tabs for the intro:

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

There is a house in New Orleans

-8 -8 -8 7 -6 (6) -6

They call the Rising Sun

-8 -8 -8 5 -5 -5 -6 6 -4 -4 -4

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

-4 -4 -4 4 (-3//) -4 -4

And God, I know I'm one

-8 -8 -8 7 -6 6 -4

My mother was a tailor

-8 -8 7 -6 -6

Sewed my new blue jeans

-8 -8 -8 7 -6 6 -4 -5

My father was a gamblin' man

-4 -4 4 (-3//) -4 -4

Down in New Orleans

Thanks for taking this lesson with me. I hope you enjoyed it!

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