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