House of The Rising Sun Melody Maker 2 3 -3 4 5 -4 3 3 There is a house in New Orleans, -6 -6 -6 6 5 5 They call the Rising Sun. -6 -6 -6 -3 4 5 -4 3 3 3 3 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, -3 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 And God, I kn-ow I'm one. -6 7 -6 6 4 -4 3 My mother was a tailor, -6 -6 6 5 5 Sewed my new blue jeans. -6 -6 -6 6 4 -4 3 3 4 My fa-ther was a gamblin' man, 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 Down in New Orleans. -6 -6 -6 -6 6 4 -4 3 4 Now the onl--y thing a gambler needs, -6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 5 Is a suitcase and a trunk, -6 -6 -6 -6 6 4 -4 And the o-nly time he'll be, 3 3 4 3 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 Sa-tisfied, is when he's a-ll a drunk. 2 3 -3 4 5 -4 3 3 Oh mother tell your children, -6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 5 Not to do what I have done. 7 -3 4 5 -4 3 3 3 3 Spend your lives in sin and misery, 3 3 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 In the house of the rising sun. -6 -6 -6 6 4 -4 3 3 4 Well I've got one foot on the platform. -6 -6 -6 6 5 5 The other foot on the train. -6 -6 -6 6 4 -4 3 3 4 I'm go--in' back to New Orleans, -3 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 To wear that ball and chain -6 -6 -6 -6 6 4 -4 3 3 Well there is a house in New Orleans, -6 -6 -6 6 5 5 They call the Rising Sun. -6 -6 -6 -3 4 5 -4 3 3 3 4 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, -3 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 And God, I know I'm one.