Cm | D# | F | G# |

Cm | G | Cm | G |

Cm D# F G#There is a house in New Orleans

Cm D# G GThey call the "Rising Sun"

Cm D# F G#And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

Cm G Cm D# F G# Cm G Cm GAnd God, I know, I'm one (organ plays E7)

Cm D# F G#My mother was a tailor (organ: F7)

Cm D# G GShe sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7)

Cm D# F G#My father was a gambling man

Cm G Cm D# F G# Cm G Cm GDown in New Orleans. (organ plays E7)

Cm D# F G#Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7)

Cm D# G GIs a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7)

Cm D# F G#And the only time, he's satisfied,

Cm G Cm D# F G# Cm G Cm GIs when he's on a drunk (organ plays E7)

Organ Solo

Cm | D# | F | G# |

Cm | D# | G |

Cm | D# | F | G# |

Cm | G |

Cm | D#/G | F | G# |

Cm | G | Cm | G |

Cm D# F G#Oh, mother, tell your children (organ: F7)

Cm D# G GNot to do what I have done (organ: E7)

Cm D# F G#Spend your lives in sin and misery

Cm G Cm D# F G# Cm G Cm GIn the House of Rising Sun (organ plays E7)

Cm D# F G#Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)

Cm D# G GThe other foot on the train (organ: E7)

Cm D# F G#I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7)

Cm G Cm D# F G# Cm G Cm GTo wear that ball and chain (organ plays E7#9)

Cm D# F G#Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7)

Cm D# G GThey call the "Rising Sun" (organ: E7)

Cm D# F G#And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

Cm G7 Cm D# F G#7 Cm G7And God, I know, I'm one

Cm Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm(a tempo)

Cm Fm Cm Fm Cm (ritardando) (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)