Intro: Am C D F Am C E Am C D F Am E Am 
  
      Am     C        D       F 
There is a house in New Orlean
     Am        C       E 
They call the 'rising sun' 
         Am       C        D                F 
And it's been the ruin of many young poor boys 
     Am      E        Am 
And, God, I know I'm one 
   Am      C         D        F 
My mother ... was a Taylor 
    Am        C        E 
She sewed my new blue jeans 
   Am      C      D        F 
My father was a gamblin' man    
     Am       E       Am 
     Down in New Orleans 
    Am    C            D        F 
Oh, mother! Tell your children 
       Am       C       E 
Not to do what I have done 
Am        C          D            F 
Spend your life in a Rock & Roll band 
            Am            E       Am 
Play in the House of the Rising Sun 
            C       D         F 
There is a house in New Orleans 
     Am         C      E 
They call the 'rising sun' 
         Am       C        D                F 
And it's been the ruin of many young poor boys 
     Am      E        Am 
And, God, I know I'm one 
            
Final:  
Am  C  D  F  Am   E  Am