The House Of The Rising Sun

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

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

My mother was a tailor,  
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She sewed these new blue jeans.  
      Am           C            E  
My sweetheart was a gambler,  
      Am         E             Am  
Down in New Orleans.  

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

Oh, mother, tell your children,  
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Not to do what I have done.  
      Am            C          E  
Spend your lives in sin and misery,  
      Am         E             Am  
In the house of the Rising Sun.  

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

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