[Am]There is [C]a house [D]in New Orleans [F]
They [Am]call [C]the [E]Ris-ing Sun
And it's [Am]been [C]the ruin [D]of many a [F]poor boy
And [Am]God [E]I know [Am]I'm one [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
My [Am]mo-ther [C]was [D]a tailor [F]
She [Am]sewed [C]my new [E]blue jeans
My [Am]fa-ther [C]was [D]a [F]gamb-ling man
[Am]Down [E]in New [Am]Or- leans [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Now the [Am]only [C]thing [D]a [F]gamb-ler needs
Is a [Am]suit-case [C] [E]and trunk
And the [Am]only [C] [D]time he's [F]satis- fied
Is [Am]when [E]he's on [Am]a drunk [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Oh [Am]mother [C]tell [D]your children [F]
Not to [Am]do [C]what I [E]have done
[Am]Spend [C]your lives [D]in sin [F]and misery
In the [Am]House of [E]the [Am]Ris-ing Sun [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Well, I got [Am]one [C]foot on [D]the platform [F]
The [Am]other [C]foot on [E]the train
I'm [Am]going [C]back [D]to New [F]Or- leans
To [Am]wear [E]that ball [Am]and chain [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [E]
Well, [Am]there is [C]a house [D]in New [F]Or- leans
They [Am]call [C]the [E]Ris-ing Sun
And it's [Am]been [C]the ruin [D]of many a [F]poor boy
And [Am]God [E]I know [Am]I'm one [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E] [Am] [F] [Am]