C#m | E | F# | A |

C#m | G# | C#m | G# |

C#m E F# AThere is a house in New Orleans

C#m E G# G#They call the "Rising Sun"

C#m E F# AAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

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

C#m E F# AMy mother was a tailor (organ: F7)

C#m E G# G#She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)

C#m E F# AMy father was a gambling man

C#m G# C#m E F# A C#m G# C#m G#Down in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)

C#m E F# ANow the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)

C#m E G# G#Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)

C#m E F# AAnd the only time, he's satisfied,

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

Organ Solo

C#m | E | F# | A |

C#m | E | G# |

C#m | E | F# | A |

C#m | G# |

C#m | E/G# | F# | A |

C#m | G# | C#m | G# |

C#m E F# AOh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)

C#m E G# G#Not to do what I have done (organ: E7)

C#m E F# ASpend your lives in sin and misery

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

C#m E F# AWell, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)

C#m E G# G#The other foot on the train (organ: E7)

C#m E F# AI'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)

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

C#m E F# AWell, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)

C#m E G# G#They call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)

C#m E F# AAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

C#m G#7 C#m E F# A7 C#m G#7And God, I know, I'm one

C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m(a tempo)

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