Tom: D
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[Verse 1]
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There is a house in New Orleans
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You call the Rising Sun
D G
It's been the ruin of many a poor soul
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And me, oh God, I'm one
[Verse 2]
D G
If I'd listened to what mama said
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I'd be at home today
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Being so young and foolish, poor girl
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I let a gambler lead me astray
[Verse 3]
D G
My mother she's a tailor
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Sews those new blue jeans
D G
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard, Lord God
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He drinks down in New Orleans
[Verse 4]
D G
He fills his glasses to the brim
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Passes them around
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The only pleasure that he gets out of life
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Is a-hoboin' from town to town
[Verse 5]
D G
The only thing a drunkard needs
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Is a suitcase and a trunk
D G
The only time that he's half satisfied
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Is when he's on a drunk
[Verse 6]
D G
Go and tell my baby sister
D A D
Never do like I have done
D A D
Shun that house down in New Orleans
A D
That they call that Rising Sun
[Verse 7]
D G
It's one foot on the platform
D A D
One foot on the train
D G
I'm going back down to New Orleans
D A D
To wear my ball and my chain
[Verse 8]
D G
My life is almost over
D A D
My race is almost run
D G
Going back down to New Orleans
D A D
To that house of the Rising Sun
