[Intro]
        
      

[Verse 1]
           
There is a hou

             
se in New Orle

    
ans
            
They call the 

         
Risin' Sun
            
And it's been 

            
the ruin of ma

          
ny a poor boy.
           
And God, I kno

      
w I'm one.

[Instrumental]
       
      

[Verse 2]
           
My mother was 

             
a tailor.
           
She sewed my n

             
ew blue jeans.
           
My father was 

          
a gamblin' man
           
Down in New Or

 
-leans.

[Instrumental]
       
      

[Verse 3]
            
Now, the only 

            
thing a gamble

  
r needs
            
Is a suitcase 

          
and a trunk
           
And the only t

             
ime that he's 

      
satisfied
           
Is when he's o

    
n a drunk

[Instrumental]
       
      

[Organ Solo] 
        
      
        
     
         
      

[Verse 4]
           
Oh, Mother, te

             
ll your childr

   
en
            
Not to do what

            
 I have done.
           
Spend your liv

             
es in sin and 

   
misery
            
In the house o

            
f the risin' s


un.

[Instrumental]
       
      

[Verse 5]
              
Well, I've got

           
 one foot on t

           
he platform,
            
the other foot

            
 on the train.
           
I'm goin' back

             
 to New Orlean

  
s
           
To wear that b

        
all and chain.

[Instrumental]
       
      

[Verse 6]
            
Well, there is

            
 a house in Ne

          
w Orleans
            
They call the 

           
Risin' Sun
            
And it's been 

            
the ruin of ma

          
ny a poor boy.
           
And God, I kno

      
w I'm one.

[Instrumental]
       
    
           

(fade out with Am and Dm)