Where The Wild Roses Grow

Elisa:
They [Gm]call me The Wild [Cm]Ros[Gm]e

But my n[Bb]ame was Elisa [D]Day

Why they c[Gm]all me it I do not k[Cm]now[Gm]

For my name was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day

He:
From the [Gm]first day I saw her I knew [Bb]she was the one

As she [Cm]stared in my eyes and s[D]miled

For her [Gm]lips were the color of the [Bb]roses

They [Cm]grew down the river, all b[D]loody 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 the tears that ran down my face

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 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?"

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

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
For my [Gm]name was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day
For my [Gm]name was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day