House of the Rising Sun

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Verse
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There ■ is a house in Charming Town ■ 

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They call the Rising Sun 

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It's been the ruin of many apoor girl 

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And me oh God I'm one 

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If I listened to my mama 

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Lord ■ I'd be home today ■ 


Chorus
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But ■ I was young and foolish ■ 

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Handsome rider led me astray ■ ■ 

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Go tell ■  my baby sister ■ 


Verse
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Never do what I've done 

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To shun the house in Charming Town ■ 

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They call the Rising Sun ■ ■ 


Chorus
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My mother she's a tailor ■ 

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She sewed my new blue jeans ■ 

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My sweetheart ■  he's a rambler ■ 

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Lord he rides an old machine 

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Solo
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Verse
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■  Now the only thing a rambler ■   needs 

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Is a suitcase ■  and a gun 

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The only time he's satisfied ■ 

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Is when he's on the run 


Chorus
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He fills his chamber up with lead 

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And takes his pain to town 

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Only pleasure he gets out of life ■ 

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Is bringing another man down 


Bridge
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Verse
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He's got one hand ■  on the throttle ■ 

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The other ■  on the brakes 

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He's riding back to Redwood ■ 

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On his father's stake ■  ■ 


Chorus
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And me I wait in Charming Town 

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To gain my love as one 

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I'm staying here to end my life ■ 

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Down in the Rising Sun 


Solo
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Chorus
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I'm staying here to ■   end my life 

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Down in the Rising Sun ■ ■