House Of The Rising Sun Chords And Lyrics

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

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

(Am) My mother was a (C) tailor  
(D) She sewed these new (F) blue jeans  
(Am) My sweetheart was a (C) gambler, Lord  
(E) Down in New Orleans  

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

(Am) Oh, mother, tell (C) your children  
(D) Not to do what (F) I have done  
(Am) Spend your lives (C) in sin and misery  
(E) In the house of the (Am) rising sun  

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

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