Griffe:

1.  Strophe:
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There is a house in New Orleans they call the rising sun.
         Am        C        Dm            F          Am      E           Am   E
It has been the ruin of many poor girl, and me, oh God I'm one.

2.  Strophe:
My mother is a tailor, she sews those new blue jeans,
My sweetheart is a drunkard Lord, drinks down in New Orleans.

3.  Strophe:
Well, the only thing a drunkard need is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk.

4.  Strophe:
He'll fill his glasses to the brim and he passes them around.
And the only pleasure that he gets out of life is a-ho-boing from town to town.

5.  Strophe:
Go tell my baby sister never to do what I have done
But shun that house in New Orleans they call the rising sun.

6. Strophe:
Well, it's one foot on the platform and the other on the train,
I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.

7.  Strophe:
I'm going back to New Orleans my time is almost done
I'm going there to spend my days beneath that rising sun.