You can play this with or without a capo. Personally I like playing it with capo on 1st or 2nd fret.
Finger picking is optional, but it sounds nicer.
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans
Am C E7
They call the rising sun
Am C D F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girls
Am E Am E7
And god, I know I'm one
Am C D F
My mother was a tailor.
Am C E7
She sowed my new blue jeans.
Am C D F
My sweetheart he was a gamblin' man
Am E Am E7
Down in New Orleans
Am C D F
Oh mother tell my baby sister
Am C E7
Not to do what I have done
Am C D F
But shun that house in New Orleans
Am E Am E7
They call the rising sun
Am C D F
With one foot on the platform
Am C E7
The other's on the train
Am C D F
I'm going back to New Orleans
Am E Am E7
To wear that ball and chain
