couplet:
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans,
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they call �The Rising Sun�.
Am C D F
And it's been the ruin of many poor boy,
Am E Am E
and Lord I know I'm one.
Couplet:
Am C D F
My mother was a tailor,
Am C E E7/E
she sewed, my new blue jeans.
Am C D F
My father was, a gamblin' man,
Am E Am E
down in New Orleans.
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Am C D F
Now the only thing to gamblin',
Am C E E7/E
is a suitcase and a trunk.
Am C D F
And the only time he's satisfied,
Am E Am E
is when he's on a drunk.
Couplet:
Am C D F
Go tell my baby sister,
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not to do what I have done.
Am C D F
To shun that house in New Orleans,
Am E Am E
they call �The Rising Sun�.
Couplet:
Am C D F
One foot is on the platform,
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the other `s on the train.
Am C D F
Im goin' back to New Orleans,
Am E Am E
To wear that ball and chain.
G C
I've been a wild rover for many a year,
G D G
and I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer.
C
But now I'm returning with gold in great store,
G D G
and I never will play the wild rover no more.
D
And it's no, nay, never,
G C
no, nay, never, no more,
G C
will I play the wild rover,
D G
no never, no more.
G C
I went straight to an ale house I used to frequent,
G D G
and I told the landlady me money was spent.
C
I asked her for credit, she answered me nay,
G D G
such custom like yours I could have any day.
D
And it's no, nay, never,
G C
no, nay, never, no more,
G C
will I play the wild rover,
D G
no never, no more.
G C
I took from me pocket ten sovereigns bright,
G D G
and the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight,
C
She said, "I have whiskeys and wines of the best,
G D G
and the words I have told you were only in jest."
D
And it's no, nay, never,
G C
no, nay, never, no more,
G C
will I play the wild rover,
D G
no never, no more.
G C
I'll go home to me parents, confess what I've done,
G D G
and I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son.
C
And if they caress me as oft times before,
G D G
Than I never will play the wild rover no more!
D
And it's no, nay, never,
G C
no, nay, never, no more,
G C
will I play the wild rover,
D G
no never, no more.