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