Key: C
Genre: General
Harp Type: Chromatic
House of the Rising Sun (Chromatic)
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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 a poor boy
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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 bluejeans
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My father was a gamblin’ man
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Down in New Orleans
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Now the only thing a gambler needs
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Is a suitcase and trunk
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And the only time he’s satisfied
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Is when he’s on a drunk
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Oh mother tell your children
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Not to do what I have done
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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In the House of the Rising Sun
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Well, I got one foot on the platform
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The other foot on the train
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I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
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To wear that ball and chain
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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 a poor boy
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And God I know I’m one
Lyrics
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
She sewed my new blue jeans
And my father was a gamblin’ man
Way down in New Orleans
Is a suitcase in the trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s on a drunk
Not to do what I have done
Don’t spend your life in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
And another on the train
And I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
Dear God, I know I was the one
