Intro:  Am C D F Am C E E  
  
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There is a house in New Orleans,  
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They call the Rising Sun  
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And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy  
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And God, I know, I'm one  
  
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My mother was a tailor  
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She sewed my new blue jeans  
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My father was a gambling man  
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Down in New Orleans  
  
  
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And the only things a gambler needs  
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Is a suitcase and a trunk  
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And the only time he's satisfied  
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Is when he's all a-drunk  
  
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I've got one  foot on the platform  
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The other foot on the train  
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I'm going back to New Orleans  
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To wear the ball and chain  
  
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So mothers, tell your children  
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Not to do what I have done  
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Spend your life in sin and misery  
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In the house of the Rising Sun  
  
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There is a house in New Orleans,  
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They call the Rising Sun  
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And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy  
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And God, I know, I'm one