VERSE 1:
There [Bm] is a [D] house in [E] New Orleans [G]
They [Bm] call the [D] Rising [F#] Sun [F#]
And it's [Bm] been the [D] ruin of [E] many a poor [G] boy
And [Bm] God I [F#] know I'm [Bm] one [D][E][G][Bm][F#][Bm][F#]
VERSE 2:
My [Bm] mother [D] was a [E] tailor [G]
She [Bm] sewed my [D] new blue [F#] jeans [F#]
My [Bm] father [D] was a [E] gamblin' man [G] [Bm] Down in [F#] New Or-[Bm]-leans [D][E][G][Bm][F#][Bm][F#]
VERSE 3:
Now the [Bm] only [D] thing a [E] gambler needs [G]
Is a [Bm] suitcase [D] and a [F#] trunk [F#]
And the [Bm] only [D] time he's [E] satis-[G]-fied
Is [Bm] when he's [F#] on a [Bm] drunk [D][E][G][Bm][F#][Bm][F#]
VERSE 4:
Oh [Bm] mother, [D] tell your [E] children [G]
Not to [Bm] do what [D] I have [F#] done [F#] [Bm] Spend your [D] lives in [E] sin and miser-[G]-y
In the [Bm] House of the [F#] Rising [Bm] Sun [D][E][G][Bm][F#][Bm][F#]
VERSE 5:
Well, I got [Bm] one foot [D] on the [E] platform [G]
The [Bm] other foot [D] on the [F#] train [F#]
I'm [Bm] going [D] back to [E] New Or-[G]-leans
To [Bm] wear that [F#] ball and [Bm] chain [D][E][G][Bm][F#][Bm][F#]
VERSE 6:
There [Bm] is a [D] house in [E] New Orleans [G]
They [Bm] call the [D] Rising [F#] Sun [F#]
And it's [Bm] been the [D] ruin of [E] many a poor [G] boy
And [Bm] God I [F#] know I'm [Bm] one [D][E][G][Bm][F#][Bm][F#]
