Capo 1
[Em] [G] [A] [C] [Em] [B]
[Em]
[B] There [Em] is a [G] house in [A] New Orleans
[C] They [Em] call the [G] Rising [B7] Sun
And it's [Em] been the [G] ruin of [A] many a poor [C] boy
And [Em] God I [B] know I'm [Em] one
[G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em]
[B] My [Em] mother [G] was a [A] tailor
[C] She sewed [Em] my [G] new blue [B7] jeans
My [Em] father [G] was a [A] gamblin' [C] man
Down [Em] in [B] New Or [Em] leans
[G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em]
[B] Now the [Em] only [G] thing a [A] gambler needs
[C] Is a [Em] suitcase [G] and a [B7] trunk
And the [Em] only [G] time he's [A] satis [C] fied
Is [Em] when he's [B] on a [Em] drunk
[G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em] [B]
[Em] [G] [A] [C] [Em] [G] [B] [Em]
[G] [A] [C] [Em] [B]
[Em] [G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em]
[B] Oh [Em] mother [G] tell your [A] children
[C] Not to [Em] do what [G] I have [B7] done
[Em] Spend your [G] lives in sin [A] and misery
[C] In the [Em] House of the [B] Ri-sing Sun
[Em] [G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em]
[B] Well I [Em] got one [G] foot on [A] the platform
[C] The [Em] other foot [G] on the [B] train
I'm [Em] going [G] back to [A] New Or [C] leans
To [Em] wear that [B] ball and [Em] chain
[G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em]
[B] There [Em] is a [G] house in [A] New Orleans
[C] They [Em] call the [G] Rising [B] Sun
And it's [Em] been the [G] ruin of [A] many a poor [C] boy
And [Em] God I [B] know I'm [Em] one [G] [A] [C] [Em] [B] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Am]
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