Where The Wild Roses Grow Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Chorus

Elisa:

 They Gmcall me The Wild CmRosGme

 But my nA♯ame was Elisa DDay

 Why they cGmall me it I do not kCmnowGm

 For my name was FElisa GmDay

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He:

 From the Gmfirst day I saw her I knew A♯she was the one

 As she Cmstared in my eyes and sDmiled

 For her Gmlips were the color of the A♯roses

 They Cmgrew down the river, all bDloody and wild

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Elisa:

When he knocked on my door and entered the room

My trembling subsided in his sure embrace

He would be my first man, and with a careful hand

He wiped the tears that ran down my face

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He:

On the second day I brought her a flower

She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen

I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow

So sweet and scarlet and free?"

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Elisa:

On the second day he came with a single rose

Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"

I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed

He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?"

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Elisa:

On the third day he took me to the river

He showed me the roses and we kissed

And the last thing I heard was a muttered word

As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist

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He:

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow

And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief

As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"

And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

ending chorus:

Elisa:

They call me The Wild Rose

But my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me it I do not know

For my name was Elisa Day

 For my Gmname was FElisa GmDay

 For my Gmname was FElisa GmDay