house of the rising sun chords by Tim Hardin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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There is a house
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F 
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in  New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun
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And it's been the ruin of
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many a poor boy
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And God I know I'm one

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Oh  mother tell my sister
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Don't do what I have done
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Tell her to show me how down
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in New Orleans
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They call it the Rising Sun
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They call it the Rising

Interlude 2

Sun

Verse 3
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My daddy was a tailor
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He sews on them new bluejeans
And my mama, she was a drunkard,
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lord
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Drinkin' down in New
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Orleans
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Drinkin' down in New Orleans

Verse 4

Now the only thing a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and trunk

And the only time he's satisfied

Verse 5
Is when he's on a drunk
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I'm going back to New Orleans
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My race is almost run
I don't want to spend the rest of
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my live long days
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Beneath the Rising Sun
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Beneath the Rising Sun

Interlude 3

Verse 6
Am 
C 
Am 
There is  a house in
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Am 
New Orleans
E 
They call the Rising Sun
Am 
And it's been the ruin of
F 
Am 
many a poor boy
E 
And God I  know I'm one