Where The Wild Roses Grow

     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D7
But my name was Elisa Day
         Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day

         Gm                    Bb
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
    Cm                     D7
She stared in my eyes and smiled
        Gm                         Bb
For her lips was the color of the roses
     Cm                       D
They grew down the river, all bloody and wild

        Gm                     Bb
When he knocked on my door and entered the room
      Cm                 D7
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
         Gm                   Bb
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
   Cm                      D               D
He wiped up the tears that ran down my face

     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D7
But my name was Elisa Day
         Gm                  F Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day

        Gm                        Bb
On the second day I brought her a flower
             Cm                 D7
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
         Gm                    Bb
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
   Cm                    D
So sweet and scarlet and free?"

       Gm                        Bb
On the second day he came with a single red rose
          Cm                         D7
He said: "give me your loss and your sorrow?"
  Gm                   Bb
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
     Cm                      D
If I show you the roses will you follow?

     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D7
But my name was Elisa Day
         Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day

       Gm                          Bb
On the third day he took me to the river
   Cm                         D7
He showed me the roses and we kissed
        Gm                       Bb
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
   Cm                       D
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

       Gm                            Bb
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
    Cm                        D7
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
      Gm                             Bb
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
      Cm                      D                     D
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D
But my name was Elisa Day
         Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day

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