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House of the Rising Sun

Found in melnets_big_abc_file.abc from the John Chambers abc collection

X:5762
T:House of the Rising Sun
C:anon.
O:USA
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
M:C
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
K:Dm
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w:There is a house in New Or-leans, They call the ri-sing sun. And it's
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w:been the ruin of ma-ny* a poor boy, And God, I know* I'm one
W:
W:There is a house in New Orleans,
W:They call the rising sun.
W:And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
W:And God, I know I'm one
W:
W:My mother was a tailor,
W:She sewed my new blue jeans.
W:My father was a gamblin' man
W:Down in New Orleans
W:
W:Now the only thing a gambler needs
W:Is a suitcase and a trunk,
W:And the only time he'll be satisfied
W:Is when he's all drunk.
W:
W:Oh, mother, tell your children
W:Not to do what I have done;
W:Spend your lives in sin and misery
W:In the House of the Rising Sun.
W:
W:Well, I've got one foot on the platform,
W:The other foot on the train
W:I'm going back to New Orleans
W:To wear my ball and chain.
W:
W:Well, there is a house in New Orleans
W:They call the Rising Sun,
W:And it's been the ruin of manya poor boy,
W:And God I know I'm one.

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