INTRO- Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Risin’ 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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My mother was a tailor.
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She sewed my new blue jeans.
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My father was a gamblin’ man
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Down in New Or-leans.
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Now, the only thing a gambler needs
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Is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time that he’s satisfied
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Is when he’s on the drunk C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
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Oh, Mother, tell your children
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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 risin’ sun. C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
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Well, I’ve got one foot on the platform.
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The other foot on the train.
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I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
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To wear that ball and chain. C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E
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Well, there is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Risin’ 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.
C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E, Am (strum and hold)