Where the Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
They call me the wild [Em]rose, But my[Am] na[Em]me was Eliza Da[G]y[B]
Why they c[Em]all me that I do not k[Am]now[Em], For my n[Em]ame was El[D]iza [Em]Day
From the f[Em]irst day I saw her I knew s[G]he was the one
She st[Am]ared in my eyes and sm[B]iled
Her l[Em]ips were the colour of the ro[G]ses
That g[Am]rew down the river, All blo[B]ody and wild
When he kn[Em]ocked on my door, And ent[G]ered the room
My tre[Am]mbling subsided in h[B]is sure embrace
He would [Em]be my first man, And w[G]ith a careful hand
He w[Am]iped up the tears, That r[B]an down my face[B]
They c[Em]all me the wild r[Am]ose[Em], But my n[G]ame was Eliza D[B]ay
Why they c[Em]all me that I do not k[Am]now[Em], For my n[Em]ame was El[D]iza [Em]Day
On the se[Em]cond day, I brought her a fl[G]ower
She was more bea[Am]utiful, Than any wo[B]man I'd seen
I s[Em]aid do you know, Where the w[G]ild roses grow
[Am] So sweet and scarlet and f[B]ree
On the se[Em]cond day he came, With a si[G]ngle red rose
He said, G[Am]ive me your loss and your so[B]rrow
I nodd[Em]ed my head, As I l[G]ay on the bed
If I s[Am]how you the roses will you fo[B]llow alone[B]
They c[Em]all me the wild r[Am]ose[Em], But my n[G]ame was Eliza D[B]ay
Why they c[Em]all me that I do not k[Am]now[Em], For my n[Em]ame was El[D]iza [Em]Day
On the t[Em]hird day he took me to the ri[G]ver
He s[Am]howed me the roses, And we ki[B]ssed
And the l[Em]ast thing I heard, Was a mut[G]tered word
As [Am]he knelt above me with a r[B]ock in his fist
On the l[Em]ast day I took her, Where the w[G]ild roses grow
As she [Am]lay on the bank, The wind li[B]ght as a thief
And I ki[Em]ssed her goodbye, Said All be[G]auty must die
And I l[Am]eant down and planted a r[B]ose tween her teeth[B]
They c[Em]all me the wild r[Am]ose[Em], But my n[G]ame was Eliza D[B]ay
Why they c[Em]all me that I do not k[Am]now[Em], For my n[Em]ame was El[D]iza [Em]Day
My [Em]name was El[D]iza [Em]Day, For my n[Em]ame was El[D]iza [Em]Day
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