House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals


Am C D F Am E Am E

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


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


Now the only thing that gamblin'  does
Is it soon takes every buck
and the only time he is satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk


Oh mother, tell your children
not to do what I have done
To spend their lives in sin and misery
in the house of the rising sun


Well, I've got one foot on the platform
The other's on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
wearin' a ball and chain


Well there is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many-a poor boy
and God  I know  I'm one





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The Animals House Of The Rising Sun