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House Of The Rising Sun chords
The Animals *

       

           
There is a hou

             
se in New Orle

 
ans 
            
They call the 

      
Rising Sun 
            
And it's been 

            
the ruin of ma

          
ny a poor boy 
          
And God I know

            
 I'm one 

           
My mother was 

       
a tailor 
           
She sewed my n

       
ew bluejeans 
           
My father was 

          
a gamblin' man

 
          
Down in New Or

       
leans 

           
Now the only t

             
hing a gambler

 
 needs 
            
Is a suitcase 

   
and trunk 
           
And the only t

             
ime he's satis


fied 
           
Is when he's o

          
n a drunk 

           
Oh mother tell

            
 your children

 
            
Not to do what

       
 I have done 
           
Spend your liv

             
es in sin and 

    
misery 
            
In the House o

           
f the Rising S

       
un 

            
Well, I got on

             
e foot on the 

      
platform 
            
The other foot

       
 on the train 
           
I'm goin' back

         
 to New Orlean

s 
           
To wear that b

              
all and chain 

            
Well, there is

            
 a house in Ne

         
w Orleans 
            
They call the 

      
Rising Sun 
            
And it's been 

            
the ruin of ma

          
ny a poor boy 

          
And God I know

                             
 I'm one 


* Josh White 1947

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