There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Or[F]leans They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor[F] boy And [Am] God I [E7] know I'm [Am] one
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My [Am] mother [C] was a [D] tailor [F] She [Am] sewed my [C] new blue [E7] jeans [E7] My [Am] father [C]was a [D] gambling [F] man [Am] Down in [E7] New Or[Am]leans
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Now the [Am] only [C] thing a [D] gambler [F] needs Is a [Am] suitcase [C] and a [E7] trunk And the [Am] only [C] time he’s [D] satis[F]fied Is [Am] when he’s [E7] all a-[Am] drunk
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Oh [Am] mother [C] tell your chil[D]dren [F] Not to [Am] do what [C]I have [E7] done [Am] Spend your [C] lives in [D] sin and mise[F]ry In the [Am] house of the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun
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Well I got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform [F] And the [Am] other [C]foot on the [E7] train I’m [Am] going [C] back to [D] New Or[F]leans To [Am] wear that [E7] ball and [Am] chain
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There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Or[F]leans They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one