Key: E
Introduction:
Em G A C
There is a house in Charming Town
Em G B
They call the Rising Sun
Em G A C
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
Em B Em
And me, Oh God, I'm one
Em G A
If I listened to my mama
Em G B
Lord I'd be home today
Em G A
But I was young and foolish
Em B Em
Handsome rider led me astray
Em G B
never do what I've done
Em G A C
To shun the house in Charming Town
Em B Em
They call the Rising Sun
Em G A C
My Mother, she's a tailor
Em G B
She sewed my new blue jeans
Em G A C
My sweetheart he's a rambler
Em B Em
Lord he rides in old machines
Em G A C
Now the only thing a rambler needs
Em G B
is a suitcase and a gun
Em G A C
the only time he's satisfied
Em B Em
is when he's on the run
Em G A C
He fills his chamber up with lead
Em G B
and takes his pain to town
Em G A C
only pleasure he gets out of life
Em B Em
is bringing another man down
Em G A C
He's got one hand on the throttle
Em G B
the other on the brake
Em G A C
he's riding back to Redwood
Em B Em
To own his father's stake
Em G A C
And me I wait in Charming Town
Em G B
The game my love has won
Em G A C
I'm staying here to end my life
Em B Em
Down in the Rising Sun
Em G A C
I'm staying here to end my life
Em B Em
Down in the Rising Sun