AmCDF There is a house in New Orleans AmCE They call the "Rising Sun" AmCDF And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy AmEAmCDFAmEAmE And God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)
AmCDF My mother was a tailor (organ: F7) AmCE She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7) AmCDF My father was a gambling man AmEAmCDFAmEAmE Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)
AmCDF Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7) AmCE Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7) AmCDF And the only time, he's satisfied, AmEAmCDFAmEAmE Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)
AmCDF AmCE AmCDF AmE AmC/EDF AmEAmE
AmCDF O, mother, tell your children (organ: F7) AmCE Not to do what I have done (organ: E7) AmCDF Spend your lives in sin and misery AmEAmCDFAmEAmE In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)
AmCDF Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7) AmCE The other foot on the train (organ: E7) AmCDF I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7) AmEAmCDFAmEAmE To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)
AmCDF Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7) AmCE They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7) AmCDF And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy AmE7AmCDF7AmE7 And God, I know, I'm one
AmDmAmDmAmDm (a tempo) AmDmAmDmAm (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)