[Verse 1]
There is a house in New Orleans,
They call the "Rising Sun",
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
And God, I know, I'm one
[Verse 2]
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man,
Down in New Orleans.
[Verse 3]
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time, he's satisfied,
Is when he's on a drunk
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[Verse 4]
O, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Rising Sun
[Verse 5]
Well, I've got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
The other foot on the train (organ: E7)
I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)
To wear that ball and chain
[Verse 6]
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the "Rising Sun"
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know, I'm one
(a tempo)
