Bm | D | E | G |

Bm | F# | Bm | F# |

Bm D E GThere is a house in New Orleans

Bm D F# F#They call the "Rising Sun"

Bm D E GAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

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

Bm D E GMy mother was a tailor (organ: F7)

Bm D F# F#She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)

Bm D E GMy father was a gambling man

Bm F# Bm D E G Bm F# Bm F#Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)

Bm D E GNow the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)

Bm D F# F#Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)

Bm D E GAnd the only time, he's satisfied,

Bm F# Bm D E G Bm F# Bm F#Is when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)

Organ Solo

Bm | D | E | G |

Bm | D | F# |

Bm | D | E | G |

Bm | F# |

Bm | D/F# | E | G |

Bm | F# | Bm | F# |

Bm D E GOh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)

Bm D F# F#Not to do what I have done (organ: E7)

Bm D E GSpend your lives in sin and misery

Bm F# Bm D E G Bm F# Bm F#In the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)

Bm D E GWell, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)

Bm D F# F#The other foot on the train (organ: E7)

Bm D E GI'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)

Bm F# Bm D E G Bm F# Bm F#To wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)

Bm D E GWell, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)

Bm D F# F#They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)

Bm D E GAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

Bm F#7 Bm D E G7 Bm F#7And God, I know, I'm one

Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em(a tempo)

Bm Em Bm Em Bm (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)