"House of the Rising Sun" Verse 5 & 6

The Animals

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Jon MacLennan

  • Time to Finish

    3:33

In this lesson, we’ll show you how to play the fifth and sixth verses of “House of the Rising Sun.” The chord progression is nearly identical to the previous verses, but we’ll be using alternate strumming throughout these sections.

You’ll be playing:

  • Alternate strumming
  • Accented strumming
  • Eighth note strumming
  • 16th note strumming