Am C D F
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Am E Am E
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Am C D F
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
Am E Am C
And, God, I know I'm one
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Am C D F
My mother was a tailor
Am C E E
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am C D F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am E Am C
Down in New Orleans
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Am C D F
Now the only thing a gambler needs
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is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time that he's satisfied
Am E Am C
is when he's on a drunk
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(Organ solo)
Am C D F
Oh, mother, tell your children
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not to do what I have done
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spend your lives in sin and misery
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in the house of the Rising Sun
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Am C D F
Well 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
Am E Am C
to wear that ball and chain
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Am C D F
Well There is a house in New Orleans
Am C E E
they call the Rising Sun
Am C D F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am C
And, God, I know I'm one
organ plays, and end on an Am if you want.
D F Am E Am E Am