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