Intro
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Verse 1
There Am is a C house in D New Orleans F
They Am call the C Rising E7 Sun
And it’s Am been the C ruin of D many a poor boy F
And Am God I E7 know I’m Am one
Instrumental
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Verse 2
My Am mother C was a D tailor F
She Am sewed my C new blue E7 jeans
My Am father C was a D gambling F man
Am Down in E7 New OrAmleans E7
Verse 3
Oh Am mother C tell your D children F
Not to Am do what C I have E7 done
Am Spend your C lives in D sin and miseFry
In the Am house of the E7 Rising Am Sun E7
Verse 4
Well I got Am one foot C on the D platform F
And the Am other C foot on the E7 train
I’m Am going C back to D New Orleans F
To Am wear that E7 ball and Am chain
Instrumental
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Verse 5
There Am is a C house in D New Orleans F
They Am call the C Rising E7 Sun
And it’s Am been the C ruin of D many a poor F boy
And Am God I E7 know I’m Am one
Outro Instrumental
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