This is how I play the song, alter the capo depending on your voice, personally I don't use one.  



      Am   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 a poor boy 
    Am    E        Am    E
And God I know I'm one 
 
   
   Am     C     D        F
My mother was a tailor 
    Am        C      E
She sewed my new bluejeans 
   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gamblin' man 
    Am      E      Am    E
Way Down in New Orleans 


        Am   C       D            F
Now the only thing a gambler needs 
     Am       C   E
Is a suitcase and trunk 
        Am   C     D        F
And the only time he's satisfied 
   Am        E     Am    E
Is when he's all a drunk 



Am    C     D    F   Am     E    Am   E



   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 lives in sin and misery 
       Am           E      Am    E
In the House of the Rising Sun 


    Am   C        D         F
One foot upon the platform 
    Am         C      E
The other foot on the train 
    Am    C       D           F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans 
   Am        E        Am      E
To wear that ball and chain 


           Am   C        D           F
Well 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 a poor boy 
    Am    E        Am    E
And God I know I'm one 
 
Am    C     D    F   Am     E    Am   E  Am