House of the Rising Sun (katrina edit) ver. 1

[cleofus1]

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3408376&q=hi

updated for Katrina

[cleofus1]

1. the lyrics

AM C D F AM C E
THERE IS A HOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS THEY CALL THE RISING SUN
AM C D F
AND IT’S BEEN THE RUIN OF MANY A POOR BOY
AM E AM C D F AM
AND GOD I KNOW I’M ONE MY MOTHER WAS A TAILOR SHE SEWED MY
C E AM C D F AM E
NEW BLUE JEANS MY FATHER WAS A GAMBLIN MAN DOWN IN NEW
AM C D F AM
ORLEANS NOW THE ONLY THING A GAMBLER NEEDS IS A SUITCASE
C E AM C D F AM
AND A TRUNK AND THE ONLY TIME HE BE SATISFIED IS WHEN HE’S
E AM C D F AM
GOOD AND DRUNK OH MOTHER...TELL YOUR CHILDREN NOT TO DO
C E AM C D F
WHAT I HAVE DONE SPEND YOUR LIVES IN SIN AND MISERY IN THE
AM E AM C D F
HOUSE OF THE RISIN SUN WELL I’VE GOT ONE FOOT ON THE GAS AND
AM C E AM C D F
MY HANDS UP ON THE WHEEL...I’M GOING BACK TO NEW ORLEANS NO
AM E AM C D
MATTER HOW YOU FEEL NOW THE FLOOD HAS TAKEN BARRY AND
AM C E AM C D
THE WINDS HAVE BLOWN THE FATES...A HURRICANE HAS DEALT A
F AM E AM C
CRIPPLING BLOW...AND HELP HAS COME TOO LATE THERE IS A HOUSE
D F AM C E AM C
IN NEW ORLEANS THEY CALL THE RISIN SUN AND IT’S BEEN THE RUIN
D F AM E AM
OF MANY A POOR BOY AND GOD I KNOW I’M ONE

[cleofus1]

2. origin

http://www.blues.co.nz/news/article.php?id=358

"Georgia Turner made her contribution to musical history. One day, a man showed up from the East, a young guy in an old car trolling Kentucky's mountains with a bulky contraption to record people singing their songs. Georgia - blond, pretty, just 16 - gathered up her mother and headed over to Tillman Cadle's house. In a nasal drawl she performed her favourite, the twangy lament called "Rising Sun Blues."


Until she sang into Alan Lomax's Presto "reproducer," her beloved tune belonged primarily to the American folk tradition: staunchly regional, shifting as it was passed from this front porch to that one, rarely committed to writing.

On Sept. 15, 1937, it stepped into 20th-century popular culture.

Lomax put it into a songbook, and it spread like a cold into the 1940s New York City folk-music scene. To Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, to Lead Belly, to Josh White, who may have known it already. Each put it on a phonograph record and passed it to thousands more..."

[cleofus1]

3. georgia turner

[cleofus1]

4. today's charts

Amazing Grace:
· #371 in the Acoustic charts
· #68 in the Acoustic Vocals charts

Wabash Cannonball:
· #277 in the Country charts
· #25 in the Country and Western charts

Tommy's Amazing Tracking Chip:
· #395 in the Comedy charts
· #21 in the Political Humor charts

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen:
· #959 in the Pop charts
· #34 in the Christmas/Seasonal charts

[pitohui]

5. is that you?

nice job! i'm listening now

[cleofus1]

6. yup

that's me singing lead...and background vocals...rhythm guitar and lead...i hum a little too...

[cleofus1]

7. waaaaaah!

house of the rising sun did not chart...i'm crushed...
january 28 2006...today's charts

Amazing Grace:
· #300 in the Acoustic charts
· #56 in the Acoustic Vocals sub charts

Wabash Cannonball:
· #280 in the Country charts
· #25 in the Country and Western sub charts

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen:
· #986 in the Pop charts
· #30 in the Christmas/Seasonal sub charts

Tommy's Amazing Tracking Chip:
· #443 in the Comedy charts
· #23 in the Political Humor sub charts