This song is a quickly played 6/8 time and I suggest to use the following
strumming pattern for each chord:

1----2--and--3--4----5--6 
down-up-down-up-down-up-up

Have fun!

Greetings
J?rn

      Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)  FThere (133211@1)is a house in New Orleans
     Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)    E (022100@1)E7They (020130@1)call the Rising Sun
         Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)        FAnd (133211@1)it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am (x02210@1)  E (022100@1)      AmAnd (x02210@1)God I know I'm one

   Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)  FMy (133211@1)mother was a tailor
    Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)     E (022100@1)  E7She (020130@1)sewed my new bluejeans
   Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)     FMy (133211@1)father was a gamblin' man
Am (x02210@1)    E (022100@1)   AmDown (x02210@1)in New Orleans

        Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    FNow (133211@1)the only thing a gambler needs
     Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)   E (022100@1)  E7Is (020130@1)a suitcase and a trunk
        Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1) FAnd (133211@1)the only time he's satisfied
   Am (x02210@1)      E (022100@1)  AmIs (x02210@1)when he's on a drunk

   Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)    FOh (133211@1)mother tell your children
       Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)    E (022100@1) E7Not (020130@1)to do what I have done
Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)    FSpend (133211@1)your lives in sin and misery
       Am (x02210@1)         E (022100@1)    AmIn (x02210@1)the House of the Rising Sun

            Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    FWell, (133211@1)I got one foot on the platform
    Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)    E (022100@1)  E7The (020130@1)other foot on the train
    Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)  FI'm (133211@1)goin' back to New Orleans
   Am (x02210@1)      E (022100@1)      AmTo (x02210@1)wear that ball and chain

            Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)  FWell, (133211@1)there is a house in New Orleans
     Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)    E (022100@1)E7They (020130@1)call the Rising Sun
         Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)        FAnd (133211@1)it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am (x02210@1)  E (022100@1)      AmAnd (x02210@1)God I know I'm one