G#m | B | C# | E |

G#m | D# | G#m | D# |

G#m B C# EThere is a house in New Orleans

G#m B D# D#They call the "Rising Sun"

G#m B C# EAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

G#m D# G#m B C# E G#m D# G#m D#And God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)

G#m B C# EMy mother was a tailor (organ: F7)

G#m B D# D#She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)

G#m B C# EMy father was a gambling man

G#m D# G#m B C# E G#m D# G#m D#Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)

G#m B C# ENow the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)

G#m B D# D#Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)

G#m B C# EAnd the only time, he's satisfied,

G#m D# G#m B C# E G#m D# G#m D#Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)

Organ Solo

G#m | B | C# | E |

G#m | B | D# |

G#m | B | C# | E |

G#m | D# |

G#m | B/D# | C# | E |

G#m | D# | G#m | D# |

G#m B C# EOh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)

G#m B D# D#Not to do what I have done (organ: E7)

G#m B C# ESpend your lives in sin and misery

G#m D# G#m B C# E G#m D# G#m D#In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)

G#m B C# EWell, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)

G#m B D# D#The other foot on the train (organ: E7)

G#m B C# EI'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)

G#m D# G#m B C# E G#m D# G#m D#To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)

G#m B C# EWell, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)

G#m B D# D#They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)

G#m B C# EAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

G#m D#7 G#m B C# E7 G#m D#7And God, I know, I'm one

G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m(a tempo)

G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)