House Of Amazing Grace Chords & Lyrics - Misc Mashups - The Animals - Traditional

[Am] [C] [D] [F]
[Am] [C] [E] [E]
[Am] [C] [D] [F]
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]

[VERSE 1]
[Am]There is [C]a house [D]in New Orlean[F]s
[Am]They call [C]the [E]Risin' [E]Sun
[Am]And it's been [C]the ruin [D]of many a poor b[F]oy.
[Am]And God, [E]I know [Am]I'm [E]one.

[VERSE 2]
[Am]Amazing g[C]race! Ho[D]w sweet the s[F]ound
[Am]That saved[C] a w[E]retch l[E]ike me.
[Am]I once w[C]as lost, [D]but now am [F]found,
[Am]Was blind[E] , but n[Am]ow I[E] see.

[VERSE 3]
[Am]My mother[C] was a t[D]ailor. [F]
[Am]She sewed [C]my n[E]ew blue[E] jeans.
[Am]My father [C]was a [D]gambli[F]n' man
[Am]Down in N[E]ew Or-l[Am]eans[E] .

[VERSE 4]
[Am]Twas grac[C]e that t[D]aught my hear[F]t to fear,
[Am]And grace [C]my f[E]ears re[E]lieved.
[Am]How precious d[C]id that g[D]race appear[F]
[Am]The hour [E]I first[Am] bel[E]ieved.

[VERSE 5]
[Am]Now, the [C]only thi[D]ng a gambler [F]needs
[Am]Is a suitc[C]ase [E]and a t[E]runk
[Am]And the [C]only [D]time that he's s[F]atisfied
[Am]Is when h[E]e's on [Am]a dr[E]unk

[VERSE 6]
[Am]Through m[C]any dang[D]ers, toils an[F]d snares
[Am]I have alr[C]eady[E] come; [E]
[Am]'Tis grace [C]has broug[D]ht me safe [F]thus far
[Am]And grace[E] will l[Am]ead [E]me home.

[VERSE 7]
[Am]Oh, Mothe[C]r, tell [D]your children[F]
[Am]Not to do [C]what[E] I have[E] done.
[Am]Spend your[C] lives [D]in sin and [F]misery
[Am]In the ho[E]use of [Am]the [E]risin' sun.

[VERSE 8]
[Am]The Lord [C]has prom[D]ised good to [F]me
[Am]His word m[C]y ho[E]pe secu[E]res;
[Am]He will [C]my shield[D] and portio[F]n be,
[Am]As long a[E]s life [Am]endu[E]res.

[VERSE 9]
[Am]Well, I'v[C]e got on[D]e foot on the[F] platform.
[Am]the other [C]foot[E] on the[E] train.
[Am]I'm goin' [C]back [D]to New O[F]rleans
[Am]To wear t[E]hat bal[Am]l and [E]chain.

[VERSE 10]
[Am]Yea, when[C] this fl[D]esh and heart[F] shall fail,
[Am]And mortal[C] lif[E]e shall[E] cease,
[Am]I shall [C]possess w[D]ithin the v[F]eil,
[Am]A life of[E] joy an[Am]d pe[E]ace.

[VERSE 11]
[Am]Well, the[C]re is a [D]house in New [F]Orleans
[Am]They call [C]the [E]Risin' [E]Sun
[Am]And it's been [C]the ruin [D]of many a poor b[F]oy.
[Am]And God, [E]I know [Am]I'm one. [E]

[VERSE 12]
[Am]When we'v[C]e been t[D]here ten thou[F]sand years
[Am]Bright shi[C]ning[E] as the[E] sun,
[Am]We've no[C] less day[D]s to sing G[F]od's praise
[Am]Than when[E] we've [Am]firs[E]t begun.