Where The Wild Roses Grow

Chorus:

Elisa:
     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose

        A#            D
But my name was Elisa Day

          Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know

                F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day


verse:

He:
         Gm                        
From the first day I saw her I knew
 A#
 she was the one

       Cm                     D
As she stared in my eyes and smiled

        Gm                         
For her lips were the color of the 
A#
roses

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     Cm                        D
They grew down the river, all bloody
 and wild


verse:
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

verse:
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?"

verse:
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?"

verse:
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

verse:
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
       Gm       F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day
       Gm       F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day