Intro:  Am C D F Am C E E 
 
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There is a house in New Orleans, 
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They call the Rising Sun 
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And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy 
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And God, I know, I'm one 
 
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My mother was a tailor 
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She sewed my new blue jeans 
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My father was a gambling man 
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Down in New Orleans 
 
 
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And the only things a gambler needs 
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Is a suitcase and a trunk 
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And the only time he's satisfied 
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Is when he's all a-drunk 
 
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I've got one foot on the platform 
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The other foot on the train 
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I'm going back to New Orleans 
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To wear the ball and chain 
 
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So mothers, tell your children 
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Not to do what I have done 
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Spend your life in sin and misery 
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In the house of the Rising Sun 
 
Am         C        D     F 
There is a house in New Orleans, 
Am            C      E    E 
They call the Rising Sun 
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And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy 
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And God, I know, I'm one 
       Am            C 

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