There is a house in New Orleans,
LAm DO MI7They call the "Rising Sun",
LAm DO RE FAIt's been the ruin of many a poor girl, (boys?)
And God, I know, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor,
LAm DO MI7She sewed those new blue jeans,
LAm DO RE FAmy husbend he's a gambling man,
(drinks) down in New Orleans.
My husband in a gambler,
LAm DO MI7He goes from town to town,
LAm DO RE FAThe only time, he's satisfied, is when
He drinks his liquor down.
Oh, mother, tell your children
LAm DO MI7Not to do what I have done –
LAm DO RE FASpend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Rising Sun
One foot on the platform,
LAm DO MI7The other's on the train,
LAm DO RE FAI'm going back to New Orleans,
to wear that ball and chain.
Going back to New Orleans,
LAm DO MI7My race is almost run,
LAm DO RE FAI'm going to spend the rest of my life,
Beneath that "Rising Sun".
There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father was gamblin' man Down in New Orleans.....