Standard (EADGBE)

Vs

Intro

 There is a house in New Orleans

 They call the Risin' Sun

 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.

 And God, I know I'm one.

(Passing chords)

 My mother was a tailor.

 She sewed my new blue jeans.

 My father was a gamblin' man

Down in New Or-leans.

(Passing chords)

 Now, the only thing a gambler needs

 Is a suitcase and a trunk

 And the only time that he's satis-fied

 Is when he's on a drunk

(Passing chords)

Organ solo

For about 12- 16 bars)

 Oh, Mother, tell your children

 Not to do what I have done.

Spend your lives in sin and misery

 In the house of the risin' sun.

(Passing chords)

Well, I've got one foot on the platform.

 the other foot on the train.

 I'm goin' back to New Orleans

 To wear that ball and chain.

(Passing chords)

 Well, there is a house in New Orleans

 They call the Risin' Sun

 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.

 And God, I know I'm one.

(Passing chords)

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