VERSE 2:
My [G#m] mother [B] was a [C#] tailor [E]
She [G#m] sewed my [B] new blue [D#] jeans [D#]
My [G#m] father [B] was a [C#] gamblin' man [E]
[G#m] Down in [D#] New Or-[G#m]-leans
[B] [C#] [E] [G#m] [D#] [G#m] [D#]

VERSE 3:
Now the [G#m] only [B] thing a [C#] gambler needs [E]
Is a [G#m] suitcase [B] and a [D#] trunk [D#]
And the [G#m] only [B] time he's [C#] satis-[E]-fied
Is [G#m] when he's [D#] on a [G#m] drunk
[B] [C#] [E] [G#m] [D#] [G#m] [D#]

ORGAN SOLO: [Optional]

VERSE 4:
Oh [G#m] mother, [B] tell your [C#] children [E]
Not to [G#m] do what [B] I have [D#] done [D#]
[G#m] Spend your [B] lives in [C#] sin and miser-[E]-y
In the [G#m] House of the [D#] Rising [G#m] Sun
[B] [C#] [E] [G#m] [D#] [G#m] [D#]

VERSE 5:
Well, I got [G#m] one foot [B] on the [C#] platform [E]
The [G#m] other foot [B] on the [D#] train [D#]
I'm [G#m] going [B] back to [C#] New Or-[E]-leans
To [G#m] wear that [D#] ball and [G#m] chain
[B] [C#] [E] [G#m] [D#] [G#m] [D#]

VERSE 6:
There [G#m] is a [B] house in [C#] New Orleans [E]
They [G#m] call the [B] Rising [D#] Sun [D#]
And it's [G#m] been the [B] ruin of [C#] many a poor [E] boy
And [G#m] God I [D#] know I'm [G#m] one
[B] [C#] [E] [G#m] [D#] [G#m] [D#]