Am C D F There is a house in Charming town Am C E7 they call the rising sun Am C D F it's been the ruin of many a poor girl Am E Am E7 and me, oh God, I'm one
If I'd listened to my momma Lord I'd be home today but I was young and foolish handsome rider led me astray
Go tell my baby sister never do what i've done to shun the house in Charming town they call the rising sun
My mother, she's a tailor she sewed my new blue jeans my sweetheart, he's a rambler Lord he rides an old machine
Now the only thing around me is a suitcase and a gun the only time he satisfies is when he's on the run
He filled his chamber up with lead and takes his pain to town only pleasure he gets out of life is bringing another man down
He's got one hand on the throttle the other on the brakes he's riding back to Redwood to own his father's stake
And here I wait in Charming town the game my love has won
I'm staying here to end my life down in the rising sun