House Of The Rising Son

**Chords:**
Am C D F Am E

Am                   C
There is a house in New Orleans
        D              F
They call the Rising Sun
      Am                C
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
       E                Am
And God, I know I'm one

Am                     C
My mother was a tailor
         D                F
She sewed my new blue jeans
      Am                C
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard
         E                 Am
He drinks down in New Orleans

Am                     C
Now the only thing a gambler needs
      D                F
Is a suitcase and a trunk
      Am                  C
And the only time he's satisfied
       E                  Am
Is when he's on a drunk

Am                     C
Oh, mother, tell your children
       D                F
Not to do what I have done
      Am                    C
But spend your life in sin and misery
         E                Am
In the house of the Rising Sun

Am                   C
Well, I got one foot on the platform
      D              F
The other foot on the train
      Am                 C
I'm going back to New Orleans
        E                     Am
To wear that ball and chain

Am                   C
There is a house in New Orleans
        D              F
They call the Rising Sun
      Am                C
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
       E                Am
And God, I know I'm one