There is a house in Charming Town
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They call the Rising Son
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It's been the ruin of many a poor girl
    Am     E        Am
And me, Oh God, I'm one

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If I listened to my mama
     Am     C    E
Lord I'd be home today
    Am    C     D         F
But I was young and foolish
         Am     E        Am
And some rider led me astray

    Am  C       D     F
Go tell my baby sister
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never do what I've done
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To sell the house in Charming Town
     Am     E        Am
They call the Rising Son

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My Mother, she's a tailor
    Am        C       E
She sewed my new blue jeans
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My sweetheart he's a rambler
    Am           E    Am
Lord he rides an old machine

Now the only thing a rambler needs
is a suitcase and a gun
the only time he's satisfied
is when he's on the run

He fills his chamber up with lead
and takes his pain to town
the only pleasure he gets out of life
is bringing another man down

He's got one hand on the throttle
the other on the breaks
he's riding back to Redwood
On his father's stake

And me I wait in Charming Town
To gain my love as one
I'm staying here to lend my life
Down in the Rising Son

I'm staying here to end my life
Down in the Rising Son