[Intro]
[Verse 1]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin Sun
And it s been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I m one.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
My mother was a tailor.
She sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gamblin man
Down in New Or-leans.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he s satisfied
Is when he s on a drunk
[Instrumental]
[Organ Solo]
[Verse 4]
Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the risin sun.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Well, I ve got one foot on the platform,
the other foot on the train.
I m goin back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 6]
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin Sun
And it s been the ruin of many a poor boy.
And God, I know I m one.
[Instrumental]
(fade out with Am and Dm)
