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House of the Rising Sun          Traditional

There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New [F] Orleans
They [Am] call the [C] rising [E] sun
It's [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy
And [Am]Lord, I [E]know I'm [Am]one.

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My Daddy was a gamblin' man
Way down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Now Mothers tell your children
Not to do what I have done
And spend your lives In sin and misery
In the house of the rising sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And Lord, I know I'm one.

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