New Orleans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][F][Esus4][E][Am][C][D]
[F]
[Am][E][F][Am][Esus4]
[E]There

[Verse 1]
[Am]is a hou[C]se
[D]In
New
Or[F]leans, [G]they [Am]call
[C]it the rising [Esus4]sun
[E]It's [Am]been the [C]ruin
[D]of many a poor [F]girl
Just look [Esus4]at me, ho[Am]ney,[E]
but I'm the only [D]one[Dm][F][Am][G]
[Am]Now if I had liste[C]ned to
[D]what my mama sai[F]d
[Am]I'd have[C] been bett[D]er home [E]today
[Am]Being youn[C]g and [D]fool[F]ish,
[Am]I let my gam[E]bler lead me [Am]astray.[E][Am]
[C]My mama, [D]she's a tailor.
[F]She [Am]sewed your[D] blue jeans
[Esus4]when they were new[E]
[Am]Sweetheart, [C]he'[D]s a drunkard
[F]Drink[Am]ing d[E]own in
New
[Am]Orleans[Em][Am][C][D][F][G][Am][C]
[D][E][Am][D][F][Am][Em][F][Am][Esus4]
[E]Whe[Am]n I was a you[C]ng girl I[D]
used to [F]seek pleasure
[Am]When I was [C]a young g[E]irl,
[Esus4]I used to drink a[E]le[Am]
Out of an [C]alehouse[Am] ,
[D]into thi[F]s jailhouse
[C]My body [Am]is r[E]uined,
they left [Am]me here to[E] die[Am][C]
Tell [D]my baby [F]sister[G]
[Am]Don't do w[C]hat I do[Am][E][Am][E]
[Am]Shun [C]that house [D]in
New
[F]Orleans
[E]They call the rising [Am]sun[Esus4][E][A][Am][C]
[D][F][G][Am][C][E][Am][C][D][F]
[E][Am][E]
[Am]I'm going [C]back t[D]o
New
Or[F]leans
[G]My [Am]race is a[C]l mo[Am]st r[E]un,
[Am]I'm going [C]back to [D]spend the rest of [F]my life be[E]neath the [F]rising s[C]un.[Dm]
[G]The[Am]re is a hou[C]se in[Am][D]
[F]New
[G]Orleans
[D]you