[Intro]
[Verse 1]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
and god, I know I'm one.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
down in New Or-leans.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
and the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
[Instrumental]
[Organ Solo]
[Verse 4]
Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the risin' sun.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Well, I've got one foot on the platform.
the other foot on the train.
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 6]
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I'm one.
[Instrumental]
(fade out with Am and Dm)