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Intro
Verse 1
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.
Instrumental
Verse 2
My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Or-leans.
Instrumental
Verse 3
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
Instrumental
Organ Solo
Verse 4
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.
Instrumental
Verse 5
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.
Instrumental
Verse 6
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.
Instrumental
(fade out with Am and Dm)
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