[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the "Rising Sun"
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
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And God, I know, I'm one
[Verse 2]
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My mother was a tailor
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She sewed my new blue jeans
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My father was a gambling man
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Down in New Orleans.
[Verse 3]
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Now the only thing a gambler needs
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Is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time, he's satisfied,
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Is when he's on a drunk
[Organ Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Oh, mother, tell your children
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Not to do what I have done
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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In the House of Rising Sun
[Verse 5]
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Well, I got one foot on the platform
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The other foot on the train
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I'm going back to New Orleans
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To wear that ball and chain
[Verse 6]
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Well, there is a house in New Orleans
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They call the "Rising Sun"
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
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And God, I know, I'm one
[Coda]
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(ritardando)