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V1
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There is a house in New Orleans
Am C E
They call the Rising Sun
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am
And God, I know I'm one
V2
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My mother was a tailor
Am C E
She sewed my new blue jeans
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My father was a gamblin' man
Am E Am
Down in New Orleans
V3
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Now the only thing a gambler needs
Am C E
Is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time he's satisfied
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Is when he's on a drunk
V4
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Oh mother, tell your children
Am C E
Not to do what I have done
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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In the House of the Rising Sun
V5
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Well, I got one foot on the platform
Am C E
The other foot on the train
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am E Am
To wear that ball and chain
FINAL — repeat V1 · end Am