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Am
C
D
F
There is a house in New Orleans
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C
E
E
they call the Risin' Sun
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C
D
F
and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
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E
Am
and God, I know I'm one
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My mother was a tailor
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C
E
E
she sewed my new blue jeans
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C
D
F
my father was a gamblin' manAm
E
Am
down in New Orleans
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Now, the only thing a gambler needs
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is a suitcase and a trunk
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and the only time that he's satisfied
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Am
is when he's on a drunk
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Oh, Mother, tell your children
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not to do what I have doneAm
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spend your lives in sin and misery
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in the house of the Risin' Sun
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Well, I've got one foot on the platform
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E
the other foot on the train
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans
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to wear that ball and chain
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Well, there is a house in New Orleans
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C
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they call the Risin' Sun
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C
D
F
and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
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E
Am
and God, I know I'm one
C
D
F
Am
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Am
D
Am
D
Am
D - fade out
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