Intro: A#m C# D#m F# A#m Fm A#m A#m C# D#m F# There is a house down in New Orleans A#m C# Fm They call the Risinʼ Sun A#m C# D#m F# And itʼs been the ruin of many poor girl A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm And me, oh God, Iʼm a-one A#m C# D#m F# My mother was a taylor A#m C# Fm She sewed these new blue jeans A#m C# D#m F# My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm Down in New Orleans A#m C# D#m F# Now the only thing a gambler needs A#m C# Fm Is a suitcase and a trunk A#m C# D#m F# And the only time heʼs satisfied A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm Is when heʼs on a drunk A#m C# D#m F# He fills his glasses up to the brim A#m C# Fm And heʼll pace the cards around A#m C# D#m F# And the only pleasure he gets out of life A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm Is ramblinʼ from town to town A#m C# D#m F# Oh tell my baby sister A#m C# Fm Not to do as I have done A#m C# D#m F# But to shun that house in New Orleans A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm They call the Risinʼ Sun A#m C# D#m F# Well, itʼs one foot on the platform A#m C# Fm And the other foot on the train A#m C# D#m F# Iʼm goinʼ back to New Orleans A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm To wear that ball and chain A#m C# D#m F# Iʼm a-goinʼ back to New Orleans A#m C# Fm My race is almost run A#m C# D#m F# Iʼm goinʼ back to end my life A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm Down in the Risinʼ Sun A#m C# D#m F# There is a house in New Orleans A#m C# Fm They call the Risinʼ Sun A#m C# D#m F# Itʼs been the ruin of many poor girl A#m Fm A#m C# D#m F# Fm And me, oh God, Im a-one
