Rising Sun Blues chords by Doc Watson
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 1
There (D major) is a house down in New Orleans
They (G major) call the Rising (D major) Sun
And it's been the ruin
of a (G major) many poor boy
And (D major) me, oh (A major) God, I'm one (D major)
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Verse 2
Go (D major) tell my youngest brother for me
Not to (G major) do the things I've done (D major)
But to shun that house
down in (G major) New Orleans
They (D major) call the (A major) Rising (D major) Sun
Solo 1
(D major) (D major)
(G major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
(D major) (D major) (G major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 3
Oh, well, the (D major) only thing that a rounder needs
Is a (G major) suitcase or a (D major) trunk
And the only time he's (G major) satisfied
Is (D major) when he's (A major) on a (D major) drunk
Verse 4
So (D major) fill up your glasses to the brim
Let the (G major) drinks flow merrily 'round (D major)
And we'll drink to the health
of a (G major) rounder poor boy
Who (D major) goes from (A major) town to town (D major)
Solo 2
(D major) (D major)
(G major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
(D major) (D major) (G major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 5
Now, (D major) boys, don't believe
what a bad girl tells you
Though her (G major) eyes be blue or (D major) brown
Unless she's on some (G major) scaffold high
Sayin', (D major) "Boys, I (A major) can't come (D major) down"
Solo 3
(D major) (D major)
(G major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
(D major) (D major) (G major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 6
They'll (D major) take me back down to New Orleans
To (G major) face the crimes I've (D major) done
And they'll tie me to a (G major) ball and chain
Un (D major) til my (A major) race is (D major) run
Rising Sun Blues
Doc Watson
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