House of the Rising Sun

Diatonic Harmonica Tabs

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There is  a  house  in  New Orleans,

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They call the Rising Sun.

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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,

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And God, I  know  I'm one.

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My  mother was a tailor,

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Sewed  my new blue jeans.

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My   fa-ther was a  gam--bl-in' man,

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Down in New Orleans.

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Now the onl--y   thing a gambler needs,

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Is   a  suitcase and a trunk,

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And the   o-nly time he'll be,

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Sa-tisfied, is when he's a-ll a drunk.

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Oh mother tell your  children,

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Not  to do what  I have done.

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Spend your lives in sin and misery,

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In the house of the rising sun.

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Well I've  got one foot on the platform.

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The other foot on the train.

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I'm go--in' back to New  Orleans,

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To wear that ba-ll and chain.

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Well there is   a house in New Orleans,

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They call  the Rising Sun.

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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,

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And God, I kn-ow I'm one.