Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Where The Wild Roses Grow (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Chorus]
         Em               Am Em             G              B7
   They call me the wild rose,      But my name was Elisa Day

             Em                    Am Em             Em        D   Em
   Why they call me that I do not know,      For my name was Elisa Day
[Verse]
             Em                         G
   From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one

         Am                    B7
   She stared in my eyes and smiled

        Em                           G
   Her lips were the colour of the roses

         Am                          B7
   That grew down the river,  All bloody and wild

             Em                        G
   When he knocked on my door,  And entered the room

         Am                  B7
   My trembling subsided in his sure embrace

            Em                      G
   He would be my first man,   And with a careful hand

       Am                       B7                 B7
   He wiped up the tears, That ran down my face
[Chorus]
         Em               Am Em              G              B7
   They call me the wild rose,       But my name was Elisa Day

             Em                    Am Em           Em        D   Em
   Why they call me that I do not know,    For my name was Elisa Day
[Verse]
            Em                              G
   On the second day,     I brought her a flower

                   Am                  B7
   She was more beautiful,  Than any woman I'd seen

      Em                           G
   I said do you know,  Where the wild roses grow

  Am                         B7
   So sweet and scarlet and free

            Em                          G
   On the second day he came,  With a single red rose

              Am                          B7
   He said,  Give me your loss and your sorrow

         Em                 G
   I nodded my head,  As I lay on the bed

         Am                         B7       B7
   If I show you the roses will you follow
[Chorus]
         Em               Am Em             G              B7
   They call me the wild rose,      But my name was Elisa Day

             Em                    Am Em           Em        D   Em
   Why they call me that I do not know,    For my name was Elisa Day
[Verse]
           Em                           G
   On the third day he took me to the river

       Am                            B7
   He showed me the roses,  And we kissed

            Em                           G
   And the last thing I heard,  Was a muttered word

      Am                        B7
   As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

           Em                              G
   On the last day I took her,  Where the wild roses grow

          Am                           B7
   As she lay on the bank,  The wind light as a thief

           Em                            G
   And I kissed her goodbye,  Said all beauty must die

          Am                       B7               B7
   And I leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth
[Chorus]
         Em               Am Em            G              B7
   They call me the wild rose,     But my name was Elisa Day

             Em                    Am Em           Em        D   Em
   Why they call me that I do not know,    For my name was Elisa Day

      Em         D   Em                Em        D   Em
   My name was Elisa Day,      For my name was Elisa Day