House of the Rising Sun-5(capo 1)
1.
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There Emis a house in New Orleans,
EmGH
they call the „Rising Sun“.
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
EmHEm
And God, I know I'm one.
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2.
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My mother Gwas a tailor,
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she sewed my new blue jeans.
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My father Gwas a gamblin' man
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down in New Orleans.
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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.
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4.
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I've got one foot Gon the platform,
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the other's on the train.
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans
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to wear that ball and chain.
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5.
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Well, mothers, Gtell your children
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never do what I have done.
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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in the house of the Rising Sun.
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6.
EmGAC
There Emis a house in New Orleans,
EmGH
they call the „Rising Sun“.
EmGAC
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
EmHEm
And God knows, that I, I'm one.
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