The Animals

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[Am] There is [C] a house in [D] New Orleans,

[F] They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E] Sun.

[Am] It's been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy,

And [Am] God, I [E] know I'm [Am] one. [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]

[Am] My mother [C] was a [D] tailor. [F]

[Am] Sewed my [C] new blue [E] jeans.

[Am] My father [C] was a [D] gamblin' [F] man,

[Am] Down in [E] New Or-[Am]-leans. [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]

[Am] Now the only [C] thing a [D] gambler [F] needs,

Is a [Am] suitcase [C] and a [E] trunk.

And the [Am] only [C] time that [D] he's satis-[F]-fied,

[Am] Is when he's [E] on a [Am] drunk. [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]

[Am] Oh mother [C] tell your [D] children, [F]

[Am] Not to do what [C] I have [E] done;

[Am] Spend their [C] lives in [D] sin and [F] misery,

In the [Am] House of the [E] Rising [Am] Sun. [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]

Now, I've got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform, [F]

[Am] The other [C] on the [E] train.

[Am] I'm goin' [C] back to [D] New Or-[F]-leans,

[Am] To wear that [E] ball and [Am] chain. [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]

[Am] There is [C] a house in [D] New Orleans,

[F] They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E] Sun.

[Am] It's been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy,

And [Am] God, I [E] know I'm [Am] one. [C][D][F][Am][E][Am][E]