[Intro]
 Am  C  D  F 
 Am  E  Am  E 
 
 
[Verse 1]
      Am   C        D          F
There is a house in New Orleans
      Am       C      E
They call the "Rising Sun"
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am     E          Am  C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E 
And God, I know, I'm one                
 
 
[Verse 2]
   Am     C     D        F
My mother was a tailor 
    Am       C        E
She sewed my new blue jeans 
   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gambling man
Am      E      Am  C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E 
Down in New Orleans.           
 
 
[Verse 3]
        Am   C       D       F
Now the only thing a gambler needs 
     Am       C     E
Is a suitcase and a trunk  
        Am   C     D         F
And the only time, he's satisfied, 
   Am        E     Am  C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E 
Is when he's on a drunk    
 
 
[Solo]
 Am  C  D  F
 Am  C  E 
 Am  C  D  F 
 Am  E 
 Am  C/E  D  F 
 Am  E  Am  E 
 
 
[Verse 4]
   Am     C          D           F
O, mother, tell your children 
       Am      C      E
Not to do what I have done 
Am         C        D           F
Spend your lives in sin and misery
       Am       E      Am  C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E 
In the House of Rising Sun            
 
 
[Verse 5]
            Am       C      D            F
Well, I got one foot on the platform 
    Am         C      E
The other foot on the train 
    Am    C       D     F
I'm going back to New Orleans 
   Am        E         Am  C  D  F  Am  E  Am  E 
To wear that ball and chain             
 
 
[Verse 6]
            Am   C        D             F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans 
     Am        C      E
They call the "Rising Sun"  
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am     E7       Am  C  D  F7  Am  E7 
And God, I know, I'm one
 
 
[Coda]
 Am  Dm  Am  Dm  Am  Dm 
(a tempo)
 Am  Dm  Am  Dm  Am