The Animals - House of the Rising Sun Guitar Lesson
House of the Rising Sun
Brad Lindsey teaches you how to play "House of the Rising Sun." He also explains the song's structure.
Taught by Brad Lindsey in Songs with Brad Lindsey seriesLength: 9:09Difficulty: 1.0 of 5
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Songs with Brad Lindsey
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsLearning songs can be tricky business, and who better to teach you then someone who makes a living playing live music. In this series Brad Lindsey will pass on some of his guitar playing knowledge.
Lesson 1
House of the Rising Sun
Brad Lindsey teaches you how to play "House of the Rising Sun." He also explains the song's structure.
Length: 9:09 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Tush
Brad Lindsey teaches the signature riffs from the classic rock song "Tush" by ZZ Top. This is an arrangement of the original recording.
Length: 9:03 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Brad Lindsey teaches the key parts to "Jesus Just Left Chicago" by ZZ Top.
Length: 9:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Blue Jean Blues
Brad Lindsey teaches the classic song "Blue Jean Blues" by ZZ Top. This song has a very slow, bluesy feel.
Length: 10:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About Brad Lindsey View Full Biography
Brad Lindsey started his musical career in grade school during the early 60's. His first instrument of choice was the trumpet. He learned to read sheet music and other basic music principals early on which helped greatly in the future.
One night when Brad was still young he had a dream where someone handed him a beautiful electric guitar and instructed him to "play something." In the dream he took the guitar and began playing and the most wonderful music came out. At the time Brad thought this dream was strange as he didn't know how to play the guitar or even own one. He didn't even have any friends who played! This would prove to be the start of a very fruitful career as a professional guitarist.
In 1965 Brad and his family moved to beautiful Loveland Colorado. At this time his band teacher move him to playing the French horn, and he continued with that for a few years. Even though it wasn't the guitar, it kept him on his musical journey.
In 1968 Brad finally began getting involved with the guitar crowd and met friends who were already into the instrument. This was so exciting to Brad that he went to Woolworth's and bought his first guitar. He chose one that looked just like the one in his dream.
Brad found some old guitar books and began learning chords and other basics, and after only one year began getting quite proficient on his instrument. He kept practicing the guitar, but one instrument simply wasn't enough for him.
Brad's Dad owned a theater which had an old piano by the stage. Brad's new after school hobby became visiting the theater and using his knowledge of guitar chords and music theory to learn the piano. Before long Brad was playing some of his favorite Beetles songs.
From there Brad moved to Denver in 1971 and kept practicing. By 1980 Brad was playing in bands around Denver. Sometimes rock and roll and sometimes country.
Brad went on the road touring for two and a half years around 1990, and while never hitting the big time he made many friends and had a great time along the way. Brad currently resides in Loveland Colorado and tours the area playing the guitar, piano and more.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.you strumed your AM differently than taught
GReat lesson. Wish all the jam play instructors would use visuals.
Super beginner lesson. Keep em comin!!
Thank You for putting the picking for this song! Great Lesson, Classic Song
House of the rising sun - the Animals Am C D F Am C E E Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans, Am C E E 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 E Am E And God, I know, I'm one Am C D F My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man Down in New Orleans And the only things a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's all a-drunk I've got one foot on the platform The other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans To wear the ball and chain So mothers, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your life in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun Repeat First Verse
Is there full arrangement of this song anywhere? I listen to the actual song and it seems they play a slightly different progression.
MR Brad !! It doesn't get any easier than that !! Good one !! Learned the song in 15 minutes , very cool !! Mahalo from Maui !! Again you Rock !!
nice - very easy start
nice - very easy start
This was a great lesson for beginners! I have been finger picking on my acoustic and my electric. It's alot easier on my electric with a pick, but I am going to practice until I get it clean on my acoustic! Thanks
Hi Great lesson.I am confidentwith the chords and the upward strumming. But I can't quite see the downward strumming. Which strings are strummed downwards for each chord. Im a beginner please help then ill have my first song in the bag :).
Hey I can do it !!!
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Thanks for the great lesson, need more easy songs for those of us just starting out. Keeps us inspired. Cheers
not a level 3 lesson. no lead? come on show us some lead
how do you print out the song with the cords?
cords and words and notes???
Yea i would like these too.
Do you provide the lyrics for house of the rising sun anywhere on your site?
A fun golden oldie from my guitar books of over 20 years ago. Pretty easy to play along with Brad's instructions, but a whole different story when I try to play along with the actual Animals song. I have to keep working on my picking speed there, but fun it is no matter what :)
Good lesson but all the delay confuses me when I'm trying to listen to how you play it.
Thanks took awhile, but I nailed it finally.
great lesson,I wish I could see both your fingers on the frets AND the strummin g parts on one screen
Hey Brad, thanks for the lesson. I enjoyed this one. As I got inspired I made a video of me playing my own version of House of the Rising Sun. Hope you like it!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvdCJipfx24
thanks
Keep up with some basic songs for us beginners.....Gives hope for the future!!!!!! It makes it more fun to learn basic chords this wa also.
very cool was A SNAP TO LEARN FIRST TIME THRU THANKS BRAD KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Thanks for the wonderful lesson, Mr. Lindsey, you taught it very well. I grasped it quickly as the chords were mentioned. I've been looking for tabs to this song, but hadn't found any that matched it correctly until I came across this lesson. Thanks a lot. :)
Great lesson, my only complaint is the reverb in the guitar. It would nice to be able to hear it with clean notes. The animals play it cleanly. But I did enjoy the lesson and the F maj 7 is easier than a straight F chord and sounds just as good. I have a hard time with that one chord change but not anymore.
I wish they also played it in acoustic, I know the original was electric, but .... the reverb was kind of hard too. The board with info in the back ground was only showing halfway. other than that, nice job, especially on the dual hands showing how to play. Thank you
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Great job Brad. You made it very easy and great teaching format. How about some more tunes?
Brad I"m an old beginner and have tried this one before with little luck. Your session showed how simple it is. Great job.
awsome lesson
hey brad, great lesson, can you show us what you do with that little thing on the A minor you do ? Also can you add another chapter with the strumming part of this song. Im a beginner and this is my first song, I would really like to get it right in full.
As said before, nice lesson!
Nice song, easy to learn!
Where is the rest of the lesson? With the strumming?
Nice lesson, very well explained.
Easy to follow lesson. Thanks. But, Mr. Lidsey does not pick every chord three down and three up like he says. And, he adds something on the A minor chord with his first finger. Can someone point out what he is doing differently so I can play it the same way. Thanks.
u can look at the tab.
Looks like just a simple pull off/hammer on with the first finger to me
Thanks for rthe lesson. I used to play at this but back then (mid 60's) we had no internet and I couldn't read music. So, now I have it mastered, thanks
Great lesson. I could kind of play this before, but this really fleshed it out. Generally, it would be great if lyrics could be posted on the tab. This would make it easier to get the feel of chord changes along with lyrical changes. Thanks for the lesson!
i liked the lesson however when he switches to the D and F7 he needs to show his right hand technique is he just playing string 1 thru 4?
people who are complaining about him not showing all the movements, fingerings...that's what the tab is for. check under supplemental content. there's no way he could slow down this already easy song. nice lesson Brad!
great lesson!this is the first song i have learned on my electric guitar :)
I love this song and so does my dad. Now I can play it for him. Thank you!
Thanks for the lesson. I enjoyed learining it.
The tempo listed on the tab is way too slow.
Cool, I just wish the strumming rhythm was better illustrated. I don't think the pattern is mentioned in the whole lesson.
Wonderful lesson!!! I enjoyed it!!! Thank you Brad!!! Can you teach us some Beatles, Eagles, CCR, and Queen songs? You're Ggggreat!
Good job!!! A great song for a 46 year old beginner such as myself. Thanks
Great lesson. This is the first song that I am learning and this lesson is right on!!!
What an excellent lesson! As a beginner, this is really right-on for me. Thanks!
Good lesson and easy to follow; can you also post the music with chord progression instead of tabs? I don't read tabs.
Excellent lesson! Easy to follow and so great sounding!
Nice, very well explained.
Fantastic! It's a great lesson. More please!
Awesome lesson Brad, a classic song and you teach it so well!
Nice to see you, Brad! Tnanks for really good lesson! I've started searching for lyrics... :))
I have them if you still want them Alesha.
hey, great lesson.. and your guitar has such a nice sound to it, what type is it? fender squire?
Hey, I believe it is a Fender :)
Nice Start, cool lesson, may there be many more to come.
Cool intro lesson! good lesson.
Great lesson...welcome to JamPlay!
Nice job Brad!
Very cool Mr. Lindsey ! thats the kind of lesson i like.... i am 56 (beginner)you know...lol. Sorry for my english writing i'm french speaking from Canada , thanks. Oh by the way i also love SRV, bye...
Hooray! It's Friday! A great way to end the week, I'd say :)
Welcome, Mr. Lindsey (Brad #2) Good lesson :)