House Of The Rising Sun

Intro: There is a house in Sin City They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in Sin City Solo: Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk Well, I've got one foot on the platform The other's on the train I'm goin' back to Sin City To wear that ball and chain BREAKDOWN: Solo: Well, mothers, tell your children Never do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun In the house of the Rising Sun Well, there is a house in Sin City They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God knows, that I, I'm one