[Intro] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Verse 1] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> There is a house in New Orleans <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> They call the Risin' Sun <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy. <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> And God, I know I'm one. [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Verse 2] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> My mother was a tailor. <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> She sewed my new blue jeans. <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> My father was a gamblin' man <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> Down in New Or-leans. [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Verse 3] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> Now, the only thing a gambler needs <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> Is a suitcase and a trunk <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> And the only time that he's satisfied <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> Is when he's on a drunk [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Organ Solo] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Verse 4] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> Oh, Mother, tell your children <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> Not to do what I have done. <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> Spend your lives in sin and misery <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> In the house of the risin' sun. [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Verse 5] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> Well, I've got one foot on the platform, <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> the other foot on the train. <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> I'm goin' back to New Orleans <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> To wear that ball and chain. [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> [Verse 6] <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> Well, there is a house in New Orleans <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">E</b> They call the Risin' Sun <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy. <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> And God, I know I'm one. [Instrumental] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> (fade out with Am and Dm)