House of the Rising Sun Guitar Lesson

Fingerpick or strum this classic song made popular by the Animals!

This is a song that is fun to play both with fingers and a pick.  It is also a great one to play and sing.  It could be a beginner song however the F bar chord can make it lean a little more to intermediate but of course that depends on the individual and how easy or difficult the F bar chord is.


The Pattern

With Fingers

With Pick

Measure 1 of House of the Rising Sun on staff with picking

The Chords

Am

Am chord graph

Am

Picture of hand holding Am chord shape

C

C chord graph

C

Picture of hand holding C chord shape

D

open D chord graph

D

Picture of hand holding Am chord shape

F

F chord graph

F

Picture of hand holding F chord shape

E7

open E7 guitar graph

E7

Picture of hand holding open E7 chord shape

The Pattern and First 4 Chords

First 4 bars of House of the Rising Sun with fingering for fingerpicking

The Chord Progression

Chord progression to House of the Rising Sun

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