| Am C D F | There is a house in New Orleans |
| Am C E E7 | They call the Rising Sun |
| Am C D F | And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy |
| Am E Am E7 | And God I know I'm one |
| Am C D F | My mother was a tailor |
| Am C E E7 | She sewed my new bluejeans |
| Am C D F | My father was a gamblin' man |
| Am E Am E7 | Down in New Orleans |
| Am C D F | Now the only thing a gambler needs |
| Am C E E7 | Is a suitcase and trunk |
| Am C D F | And the only time he's satisfied |
| Am E Am E7 | Is when he's on a drunk |
| Am C D F | Oh mother tell your children |
| Am C E E7 | Not to do what I have done |
| Am C D F | Spend your lives in sin and misery |
| Am E Am E7 | In the House of the Rising Sun |
| Am C D F | Well, I got one foot on the platform |
| Am C E E7 | The other foot on the train |
| Am C D F | I'm goin' back to New Orleans |
| Am E Am E7 | To wear that ball and chain |
| Am C D F | Well, there is a house in New Orleans |
| Am C E E7 | They call the Rising Sun |
| Am C D F | And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy |
| Am E Am E7 | And God I know I'm one |