Ami       C        D     F

1. There is a house in New Orleans

         Ami      C      E

   they call the Risin' Sun

             Ami    C       D         F

   and it's been a ruin of many poor girls

         Ami   E         Ami C D F Ami E Ami E

   and she's alone she's one.



2. My mother she was a tailor

   she sewed the new blue jeans

   her husband was a gamblin' man

   drift out in New Orleans.



3. Her husband was a gambler

   he coursed from town to town

   his only time beein' satisfied

   when he was drinkin' Black and White.



4. Oh tell you babysitter

   never do like she have done

   shone like house in New Orleans

   they call the Risin' Sun.



5. One feet on the platform

   and other on the train

   she's goin' down to New Orleans

   to wear that ball and chain.



6. Goin' back goin' back to New Orleans

   goin' back where she have done

   she goes to spend the rest of the love

   beneath the Risin' Sun.



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