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:
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!
Want step-by-step lessons?
If you are keen to improve your playing, try a 14 day free trial of my Members Zone: