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