Intro: G#m B C# E G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B C# E There is a house in New Orleans, G#m B D#7 They call it Rising Sun. G#m B C# E And itʼs been the ruin of many a poor boy, G#m D#7 And God, I know Iʼm one. G#m B C# E G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B C# E My mother was a tailor G#m B D#7 She sewed my new blue jeans G#m B C# E My father was a gambling man G#m D#7 Down in New Orleans. G#m B C# E G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B C# E And the only thing a gambler needs G#m B D#7 Is a suitcase and a trunk. G#m B C# E And the only time he is satisfied G#m D#7 Is when heʼs on a drunk. G#m B C# E G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B C# E So mother tell your children G#m B D#7 Not to do what I have done G#m B C# E Spend your lives in sin and misery G#m D#7 In the House of a Rising sun. G#m B C# E G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B C# E Well Iʼve got one foot on the platform G#m B D#7 The other foot on the train. G#m B C# E Iʼm going back to New Orleans G#m D#7 To wear that ball and chain. G#m B C# E G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B C# E There is a house in New Orleans, G#m B D#7 They call it Rising Sun.