HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN also known as
RISING SUN BLUES
It is in the Key of Em, which is the relative
This is an original re-write of the tune.
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There is a - house
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i - n New O -or - leans,
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They call the
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Ris-i-ng Sun.
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And it's been the ruin
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of ma-ny a po-or girl;
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And me, oh God,
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I was a one.
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My Moth - e-r was a -
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tai - ha - il - or
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She sewed these
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new bl - ue jeans,
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My sweet-hea-rt was
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a - gam-bl-er Lord,
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Do - own in
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Ne - ew Or-leans.