Intro: [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]
There [Am]is a [C]house in [Dm]New Or- [F]leans
They [Am]call the [C]Rising [E]Sun [E7]
And it’s [Am]been the [C]ruin of [Dm]many a poor [F]boy
And [Am]God I [E]know I’m [Am]one [E7]
My [Am]mother [C]was a [Dm]tailor [F]
She [Am]sewed my [C]new blue [E]jeans [E7]
My [Am]father [C]was a [Dm]gamblin’ [F]man
[Am]Down in [E]New Or- [Am]leans [E7]
Now the [Am]only [C]thing a [Dm]gambler [F]needs
Is a [Am]suitcase [C]and a [E]trunk [E7]
And the [Am]only [C]time he’s [Dm]satis- [F]fied
Is [Am]when he’s [E]on a [Am]drunk [E7]
Oh [Am]mother [C]tell your [Dm]children [F]
Not to[Am]do what [C]I have [E]done [E7]
[Am]Spend your [C]lives in [Dm]sin and [F]misery
In the [Am]House of the [E]Rising [Am]Sun [E7]
Well, I got [Am]one foot [C]on the [Dm]plat- [F]form
The [Am]other foot [C]on the [E]train [E7]
I’m [Am]goin’ [C]back to [Dm]New Or- [F]leans
To [Am]wear that [E]ball and [Am]chain [E7]
Well, there [Am]is a [C]house in [Dm]New Or- [F]leans
They [Am]call the [C]Rising [E]Sun [E7]
And it’s [Am]been the [C]ruin of [Dm]many a poor [F]boy
And [Am]God I [E]know I’m [Am]one [E7]
