[Am] There is [C] a house [D] in New Orleans [F]
They [Am] call [C] the [E] Ris-ing Sun
And it's [Am] been [C] the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy
And [Am] God [E] I know [Am] I'm one [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
My [Am] mo-ther [C] was [D] a tailor [F]
She [Am] sewed [C] my new [E] blue jeans
My [Am] fa-ther [C] was [D] a [F] gamb-ling man
[Am] Down [E] in New [Am] Or- leans [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Now the [Am] only [C] thing [D] a [F] gamb-ler needs
Is a [Am] suit-case [C] [E] and trunk
And the [Am] only [C] [D] time he's [F] satis- fied
Is [Am] when [E] he's on [Am] a drunk [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Oh [Am] mother [C] tell [D] your children [F]
Not to [Am] do [C] what I [E] have done
[Am] Spend [C] your lives [D] in sin [F] and misery
In the [Am] House of [E] the [Am] Ris-ing Sun [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Well, I got [Am] one [C] foot on [D] the platform [F]
The [Am] other [C] foot on [E] the train
I'm [Am] going [C] back [D] to New [F] Or- leans
To [Am] wear [E] that ball [Am] and chain [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Well, [Am] there is [C] a house [D] in New [F] Or- leans
They [Am] call [C] the [E] Ris-ing Sun
And it's [Am] been [C] the ruin [D] of many a [F] poor boy
And [Am] God [E] I know [Am] I'm one [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [F] [Am]
