Intro: Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans, Am C E7 They call it Rising Sun. Am C D F And itʼs been the ruin of many a poor boy, Am E7 And God, I know Iʼm one. Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F My mother was a tailor Am C E7 She sewed my new blue jeans Am C D F My father was a gambling man Am E7 Down in New Orleans. Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F And the only thing a gambler needs Am C E7 Is a suitcase and a trunk. Am C D F And the only time he is satisfied Am E7 Is when heʼs on a drunk. Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F So mother tell your children Am C E7 Not to do what I have done Am C D F Spend your lives in sin and misery Am E7 In the House of a Rising sun. Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F Well Iʼve got one foot on the platform Am C E7 The other foot on the train. Am C D F Iʼm going back to New Orleans Am E7 To wear that ball and chain. Am C D F Am E7 Am E7 Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans, Am C E7 They call it Rising Sun.
