D#m F# G# There is a house in charming town D#m F# A# They call the rising sun D#m F# G# B And itʼs been the ruin of many a poor girl D#m A# D#m And me oh god Iʼm one D#m F# G# If Iʼd listened to my mama D#m F# A# Lord Iʼd be home today D#m F# G# But I was young and foolish D#m A# D#m And some rider led me astray D#m F# G# B Go tell my baby sister D#m F# A# Never do what I have done D#m F# G# B To shun the house in charming town D#m A# D#m They call the rising sun D#m F# G# B My mother sheʼs a tailor D#m F# A# She sewed my new blue jeans D#m F# G# B My sweetheart heʼs a rambler D#m A# D#m Lord he rides an old machine D#m F# G# B D#m F# A# x2 D#m x2 D#m F# G# B Now the only thing a rambler needs D#m F# A# Is a suitcase and a gun D#m F# G# B The only time heʼs satisfied D#m A# D#m Is when heʼs on the run D#m F# G# B He fills his chamber up with lead D#m F# A# And takes his pain to town D#m F# G# B The only pleasure he gets out of life D#m A# D#m Is bringing another man down D#m F# G# B Heʼs got one hand on the throttle D#m F# A# The other on the brake D#m F# G# B Heʼs riding back to Redwood D#m A# D#m To own his fathersʼ stake D#m x2 D#m F# G# B And here I wait in charming town D#m F# A# To gain my lovless one?? D#m F# G# B Iʼm staying here to end my life D#m A# D#m Down in the rising sun D#m F# G# B Iʼm staying here to end my life D#m A# D#m Down in the rising sun
