Risin' Sun Blues (key of C, trad. arr. Doc Watson)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L327
Credit: Traditional, arranged by Doc Watson · traditional (collected 1925; Ashley recording 1933)
Origin: Traditional American folk song, the same song as 'House of the Rising Sun'. Robert Winslow Gordon printed lyrics in 1925 and Clarence Ashley recorded it as 'Rising Sun Blues' in 1933; the words are traditional and in the public domain. The arrangement is Doc Watson's. Typewritten in purple ink with chords, 3/4 time, key of C, 'Traditional, Arr. by Doc Watson'.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords as typed. Strum slashes from the sheet are left out.
Intro: C / G7 / C / C There is a house down in New Orleans F C They call the Rising Sun F And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy C G7 C And me, oh God, for one C Then fill the glasses to the brim C Let the drinks go merrily 'round F And we'll drink to the health of a rounder, poor boy C G7 C Who goes from town to town C The only thing that a rounder needs F C Is his suitcase and a trunk F And the only time he's satisfied C G7 C Is when he's on a drunk (Break) C Now boys, don't believe what a girl tells you F C Though her eyes be blue or brown F Unless she's on some scaffold high C G7 C Saying, "Boys, I can't come down" C Go tell my youngest brother F C Not to do the things I've done F But to shun that house down in New Orleans C G7 C They call the Rising Sun (Break) C I'm goin' back, back to New Orleans F C For my race is nearly run F Gonna spend the rest of my wicked life C G7 C Beneath that Rising Sun