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There is a house in New Orleans,
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They call the Rising Sun,
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And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
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And God, I know I’m one.
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D
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My mother was a tailor,
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C
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She sewed my new blue jeans.
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C
D
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My father was a gambling man,
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Down in New Orleans.
C
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F
Am
E
Am
E
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And the only thing a gambler needs,
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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 all a-drunk.
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So mothers, tell your children,
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Not to do what I have done.
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D
F
Spend your life in sin and misery,
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E
Am
In the House of the Rising Sun.
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E
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C
D
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I’ve got one foot on the platform,
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C
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The other foot on the train.
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D
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I’m going back to New Orleans,
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E
Am
To wear the ball and chain.
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E
Am
C
D
F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am
C
E
They call the Rising Sun,
Am
C
D
F
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
Am
E
Am
And God, I know I’m one.
C
D
F
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E
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