Walls of Jericho

House Of The Rising Sun

Walls of Jericho


Tom: F

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                   There is a house in New Orleans,
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                   They call the Rising Sun
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                   And It's been the ruin of many poor boys
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                   And God, I know, I'm one
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                   My mother was a tailor
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                   She sewed my new blue jeans
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                   My father was a gambling man
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                   Down in New Orleans
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                   And the only things a gambler needs
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                   Is a suitcase and a trunk
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                   And the only time he is satisfied
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                   Is when he's all a-drunk
                   (Introdução de novo)
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                   So mothers,    tell your children
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                   Not to do what I have done
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                   Spend your life in sin and misery
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                   In the house of the Rising Sun
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                   I've got one foot on the platform
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                   The other foot on the train
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                   I'm going back to New Orleans
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                   To wear the ball and chain


                         Gm   Bb        C             Eb
                   There is a house in New Orleans,
                        Gm       Bb      D    D
                   They call the Rising Sun
                            Gm       Bb       C         Eb
                   And It's been the ruin of many poor boys
                       Gm     D         Gm
                   And God, I know, I'm one