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[Verse 1]
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(There is) There is a house in New Orleans
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Down in the Vieux Carré
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(A house) A house they call the Rising Sun
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Where love and money are made
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[Verse 2]
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My father, he was a gambler
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Mother died when I was young
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And I've worked since then to pleasure the men
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At the House of the Rising Sun
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[Chorus]
Bm D E G
(There is) There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun
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(You know that it's been) It's been the ruin of many a good girl
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And oh God, you know I'm one
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[Verse 4]
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So mothers, you go telling all your daughters
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Not to do what I have done
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To live a life of sin, shame and strife
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In the House of the Rising Sun
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[Chorus]
Bm D E G
(There is) There is a house down in New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun
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(And you know that it's been) It's been the ruin of many a good girl
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And oh God, you know I'm one
[Post-Chorus]
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Oh God, you know I'm one
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Oh God, you know I'm one
