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diff --git a/songs/the-animals/the-house-of-the-rising-sun.lisp b/songs/the-animals/the-house-of-the-rising-sun.lisp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..926ff4a --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/the-animals/the-house-of-the-rising-sun.lisp @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +(song + (title "The House of the Rising Sun") + (from "The Animals") + (tonality "Am") + + (chords + (intro + (("Am" C) (D F) ("Am" E) ("Am" E))) + + ("Refrain / Couplet" + (("Am" C) (D F) ("Am" C) E) + (("Am" C) (D F) ("Am" E) ("Am" C)) + ((D F) ("Am" E7) ("Am" E7))) + + (outro + (("Am" "Dm") ("Am" "Dm") ("Am" "Dm") ("Am" "Dm")) + (("Am" "Dm") "Am9"))) + + (lyrics + (chorus + "There is, a house, in New Orleans. + They call, the Ri-sing Sun. + And it’s been, the ruin, of many a, poor boy. + And God, I know, I’m one.") + + (verse + "My mother, was, a tailor. + She sewed, my new, blue jeans. + My fa-ther was, a gam-blin’ man. + Down, in New, Orleans.") + + (verse + "Now the on-ly thing, a gam-bler needs. + Is a suit-case and, a trunk. + And the on-ly time, he’s, satisfied. + Is when, he’s on, a drug.") + + (solo) + + (verse + "Oh mothers, tell your children, + Not to do, what I, have done. + Spend, your lives, in sin, and misery. + In the House, of the Ri-sing Sun.") + + (verse + "Well, I got one, foot on, the platform. + The o-ther foot on, the train. + I’m go-in’ back, to New Or-leans. + To wear, that ball, and chain.") + + (chorus + "Well, there is, a house, in New Or-leans. + They call, the Ri-sing Sun. + And it’s been, the ruin, of many a, poor boy. + And God, I know, I’m one.") + + (outro))) |