Intro: [Ami,C,D,F]
[Ami,E,Ami,E]

1. There [Ami]is a [C]house in [D]New Orleans [F]
They [Ami]call the [C]Rising [E]Sun
And it's [Ami]been the [C]ruin of [D]many a poor [F]boy
And [Ami]God I [E]know I'm [Ami]one [E]

2. My mother was a tailor
 Sewed my new blue jeans
 My father was gamblin' man
 Down in New Orleans

3. Now the only thing a gambler needs
 Is a suitcase and a trunk
 And the only time he'll be satisfied
 Is when he's all a-drunk

4. Oh mother, tell your children
 Not to do what I have done
 Spend your lives in sin and misery
 In the house of the Rising Sun

5. Well I've got one foot on the platform
 The other foot on the train
 I'm going back to New Orleans
 To wear that ball and chain

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