There [Dm] is a [F] house in [G] New Or[Bb]leans

They [Dm] call the [F] Rising [A] Sun [A7]

It's [Dm] been the [F] ruin of [G] many a poor [Bb] boy

And [Dm] God I [A] know I'm [Dm] one [A7]

My [Dm] mother [F] was a [G] tailor [Bb]

She [Dm] sewed my [F] new blue [A] jeans [A7]

My [Dm] father [F] was a [G] gamblin' [Bb] man

[Dm] Down in [A] New Or[Dm]leans [A7]

Now the [Dm] only [F] thing a [G] gambler [Bb] needs

Is a [Dm] suitcase [F] and [A] trunk [A7]

And the [Dm] only [F] time he's [G] satis[Bb]fied

Is [Dm] when he's [A] on a [Dm] drunk [A7]

He [Dm] fills his [F] glasses [G] up to the [Bb] brim

And [Dm] push those [F]cards [A] around [A7]

The [Dm] only [F] pleasure he [G] gets out of [Bb] life

Is [Dm] rambling from [A] town to [Dm] town [A7]

Now [Dm] tell my [F] baby [G] sister [Bb]

Not to [Dm] do what [F] I have [A] done [A7]

But [Dm] shun that [F] house in [G] New Or[Bb]leans

They [Dm] call the [A] Rising [Dm] Sun[A7]

Oh [Dm] mother [F] tell your [G] children [Bb]

Not to [Dm] do what [F] I have [A] done [A7]

[Dm] Spend your [F] lives in [G] sin and mis[Bb]ery

In the [Dm] House of the [A] Rising [Dm] Sun[A7]

Well, I got [Dm] one foot [F] on the [G] platform [Bb]

The to [Dm] other foot [F] on the [A] train [A7]

I'm [Dm] goin' [F] back to [G] New Or[Bb]leans

To [Dm] wear that [A] ball and [Dm] chain [A7]

Well, there [Dm] is a [F] house in [G] New Or[Bb]leans

They [Dm] call the [F]Rising [A] Sun [A7]

And it's [Dm] been the [F] ruin of [G] many a poor [Bb]boy

And [Dm] God I [A] know I'm [Dm] on