There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E7They call the "Rising Sun",
Am C D FIt's been the ruin of many a poor girl, (boys?)
And God, I know, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor,
Am C E7She sewed those new blue jeans,
Am C D Fmy husbend he's a gambling man,
(drinks) down in New Orleans.
My husband in a gambler,
Am C E7He goes from town to town,
Am C D FThe only time, he's satisfied, is when
He drinks his liquor down.
Oh, mother, tell your children
Am C E7Not to do what I have done –
Am C D FSpend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Rising Sun
One foot on the platform,
Am C E7The other's on the train,
Am C D FI'm going back to New Orleans,
to wear that ball and chain.
Going back to New Orleans,
Am C E7My race is almost run,
Am C D FI'm going to spend the rest of my life,
Beneath that "Rising Sun".
There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father was gamblin' man Down in New Orleans.....