Tom: C Down in New Orleans Am C D F (intro) Am C D F Am C E Am C D F Am E Am Oh, mother! Tell your children Am C E Am C D F Not to do what I have done There is a house in New Orlean Am C D F Am C E Spend your life in a Rock & Roll band They call the 'rising sun' Am E Am Am C D F Play in the House of the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many young poor boys C D F Am E Am C D F There is a house in New Orleans And, God, I know I'm one Am C E Am C D F They call the 'rising sun' My mother ... was a Taylor Am C D F Am C E And it's been the ruin of many young poor boys She sewed my new blue jeans Am E Am Am C D F And, God, I know I'm one My father was a gamblin' man Am E Am ( Am C D F Am E Am )