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