Intro.
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Wild rebel rose, the kids used to tease you
           G                       D
Wild rebel rose, every time they'd see you
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in those black turtle necks in mid-Ju- ly
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Wearin' too much makeup 'round your eyes

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Wild rebel rose, I didn't know you
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Wild rebel rose, so I never told you
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how I'd watch from the house across the street
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When those blue lights came around at least three times a week
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It's hard for anyone to under- stand why at sixteen you just up and ran
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But they didn't know you only knew your daddy's love like the back of his hand

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I heard the shots, I saw you hit the door
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I snuck in and grabbed that pistol off the floor
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Don't you worry they won't find it that's for sure

           G                      D
Wild rebel rose, the kids used to tease you
           G                       D
Wild rebel rose, every time they'd see you
         Em                            G
in those black turtle necks in mid-Ju- ly
        Em                          G
Wearin' too much makeup 'round your eyes

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D        Em                     D
Mmm, oh, wild, wild, wild rebel rose
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They didn't know, oooh, yeah, mmm