Intro Am C D F – Am E7 Am E7

There Am is a C house in D New Orleans F
They Am call the C Rising E7 Sun E7
And it’s Am been the C ruin of D many a poor F boy
And Am God I E7 know I’m Am one

Inter Am C D F – Am E7 Am E7

My Am mother C was a D tailor F7
She Am sewed my C new blue E7 jeans E7
My Am father C was a D gamblin’ F man
Am Down in E7 New Or-Am leans

Inter Am C D F – Am E7 Am E7

Now the Am only C thing a D gambler F7 needs
Is a Am suitcase C and E7 trunk E7
And the Am only C time D he’s satis-F fied
Is Am when he’s E7 on a Am drunk Am

Inter Am C D F – Am E7 Am E7

Instr Am C D F Am C E7 – Am C D F7 Am E7 Am x 2 E7

Oh Am mother C tell your D children F7
Not to Am do what C I have E7 done E7
Am Spend your C lives in D sin and misery F
In the Am House of the E7 Rising Am Sun

Inter Am C D F – Am E7 Am E7

Well, I got Am one foot C on the D platform F
The Am other foot C on the E7 train E7
I’m Am goin’ C back to D New Orleans F7
To Am wear that E7 ball and Am chain Am

Inter Am C D F – Am E7 Am E7

Well, there Am is a C house in D New Orleans F
They Am call the C Rising E7 Sun E7
And it’s Am been the C ruin of D many a poor F boy
And Am God I E7 know I’m Am one

Inter Am C D F7 – Am E7 Am – Dm Am x 4