[Verse]
CmEbFAb My mother was a tailor
CmEbG She sewed my new blue jeans
CmEbFAb My father was a gamblin' man
CmGCm Well down in New Orleans
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CmEbFAb Now the only thing a gambler needs
CmEbG Is a suitcase and a gun
CmEbFAb And the only time he's satisfied
CmGCm Is when he's on the run
 [Verse]
CmEbFAb Oh mothers tell your children
CmEbG Not to do what I have done
CmEbFAb Spend your lives in sin and misery
CmGCmG In the house of the risin' sun
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CmEbFAb There is a house in New Orleans
CmEbG They call the Risin' Sun
CmEbFAb And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
CmGCmG And God I know that I'm one
CmEbFAb And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
CmGCm