Chords for House of The Rising Sun - Tim O'Brien

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_ _ There _ is a house [Bb] down in New Orleans They [G] _
call [Bb] the Rising [C] _
Sun
_ _ It's been [F] the ruin _ [Bb] of many a poor boy [F] And God, [C] I know I'm one
_ _ _ If I had listened [Bb] to what my mama said [F] I'd be [C] back _ home today
_ _ _ [F] But I was young [Bb] and foolish _ [C] I let a _ gambler lead me astray
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_ _ Now my _ mother, _ [Bb] she's a tailor She _ _ [F] _
sewed [Eb] my new [C] blue _ _ jeans
[F] My sweetheart, _ _ [Bb] he's a drunkard, Lord God [F] He drank [C] down in New [Fm] Orleans _
_ _ [F] Now the _ only [F] _ [Bb] thing a drunkard ever needs [F] Is a suitcase [C] _ _ [G] and his trough
[C] The _ [F] _ _
only time he's [Bb] ever _ _ satisfied [C] Is when he's out [F] on a drunk
_ _ _ Well, he fills [F] his glass [G] up to the [F] brim _ He _ [Cm] passes it [C] all around
_ [C] _ [F] And the _ only pleasure he [Bb] ever gets out of life [F] Is hoping from [Bb] town [F] to town
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_ _ _ Go and tell my _ [Bb] baby sister _ _ Not [C] to do [F] like I [C] have done
_ And _ [F] spend her _ [Bb] life in sin and misery _ [F] In the house [C] called the _ [F] Rising Sun
[Cm] _ _ [F] I got one foot on [Bb] the platform _ [Bb] _ Got [F] the other [Eb] on [C] the train
_ _ _ [F] I'm _ going [Cm] back down [Bb] to [Bb] New Orleans [C] To wear that old ball [Fm] and chain
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_ _ _ Now my life is almost [Bb] _
over I [F] guess my _ [Bb] race is _ nearly [C] won
_ I'm _ [F] _
[Cm] going back to [Bb] spend the rest of my [C] days In [F] the house [C] called the _ Rising Sun
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