Where The Wild Roses Grow
Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsVersions2TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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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
He:
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips was the color of the roses
They grew down the river, all bloody and wild
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 up the tears that ran down my face
Both:
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
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?"
Elisa:
On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said: "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?"
Both:
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
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 knelt above me with a rock in his fist
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
And I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
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 name was Elisa Day
For my name was Elisa Day
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Readable chord sheet for Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
They call [Gm]me The Wild Rose [F] [Gm] But my name wa[Bb]s Elisa Day [D7] Why they call me [Gm]it I do not know [F] [Gm] For my name wa[Gm]s Elisa Day [F] [Gm] He: From the first da[Gm]y I saw her I knew she was the one [Bb] As she stared [Cm]in my eyes and smiled [D7] For her lips wa[Gm]s the color of the roses [Bb] They grew [Cm]down the river, all bloody and wild [D] Elisa: When he knocked o[Gm]n my door and entered the room [Bb] My tre[Cm]mbling subsided in his sure embrace [D7] He would be my f[Gm]irst man, and with a careful hand [Bb] He wip[Cm]ed up the tears that ran down my face [D] Both: [D] They call[Gm] me The Wild Rose [F] [Gm] But my name wa[Bb]s Elisa Day [D] Why they call me [Gm]it I do not know [F] [Gm] For my name wa[Gm]s Elisa Day [F] [Gm] He: On the second [Gm]day I brought her a flower [Bb] She was more beautiful tha[Cm]n any woman I'd seen [D7] I [Gm]said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow [Bb] So sw[Cm]eet and scarlet and free?" [D] Elisa: On the second [Gm]day he came with a single red rose [Bb] He said: "give me[Cm] your loss and your sorrow?" [D7] I n[Gm]odded my head, as I lay on the bed [Bb] He said, "If I show you[Cm] the roses will you follow?" [D] Both: They call [Gm]me The Wild Rose [F] [Gm] But my name wa[Bb]s Elisa Day [D] Why they call me [Gm]it I do not know [F] [Gm] For my name wa[Gm]s Elisa Day [F] [Gm] Elisa: On the third [Gm]day he took me to the river [Bb] He sho[Cm]wed me the roses and we kissed [D7] And the last th[Gm]ing I heard was a muttered word [Bb] As he [Cm]knelt above me with a rock in his fist [D] He: On the last d[Gm]ay I took her where the wild roses grow [Bb] And she lay on [Cm]the bank, the wind light as a thief [D7] And I kisse[Gm]d her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die" [Bb] And I lent [Cm]down and planted a rose between her teet[D]h Elisa: They call[Gm] me The Wild Rose [F] [Gm] But my name wa[Bb]s Elisa Day [D] Why they call me [Gm]it I do not know [F] [Gm] For my name wa[Gm]s Elisa Day [F] [Gm] For my name wa[Gm]s Elisa Day [F] [Gm] For my name wa[Gm]s Elisa Day [F] [Gm]