INTRO:
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  Am                 E                  Am                E
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H|-------1-----1-----------0-----0----|-------1-----1-----------0-----0----|
G|----2-----------2-----1-----------1-|----2-----------2-----1-----------1-|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-0----------------------------------|-0----------------------------------|
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VERS 1:
      Am   C        D           F
There is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E   E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am   Am
And God, I know I'm one.
 

VERS 2:
   Am     C     D           F
My mother was a tailor.
    Am       C        E     E
She sewed my new blue jeans.
   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gamblin' man
Am      E      Am   Am
Down in New Or-leans.
 

VERS 3:
         Am   C       D       F
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
     Am       C     E     E
Is a suitcase and a trunk
        Am   C         D          F
And the only time that he's satisfied
   Am        E    Am   Am
Is when he's on a drunk
 

VERS 4:
    Am     C          D        F
Oh, Mother, tell your children
       Am      C      E     E
Not to do what I have done.
Am         C        D          F
Spend your lives in sin and misery
       Am           E      Am   Am
In the house of the risin' sun.
 

VERS 5:
               Am       C      D        F
Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
    Am         C      E     E
the other foot on the train.
    Am    C       D           F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
   Am        E        Am   Am
To wear that ball and chain.
 

VERS 6:
            Am   C        D           F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
     Am       C      E     E
They call the Risin' Sun
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
    Am     E        Am   Am
And God, I know I'm one.