Sounds best if you finger pick the whole song
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans
Am C E E
they call the Risin' 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
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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
down in New Orleans
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Am C D F
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
Am E Am
is when he's on a drunk
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Am C D F
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
Am E Am
in the house of the Risin' Sun
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Am C D F
Well I've got one foot on the platform
Am C E 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
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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
and God I know I'm one
C D F Am E Am D Am D Am D - fade out