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