Nick Cave - Where the wild roses grow

He  
Gm
called me the wild  
C5
ro-
Gm
ose - But my  
A#
name was Elisa  
D
Day
Why he  
Gm
called me that I do not  
C5
kno-
Gm
ow - For my  
Gm
name was  
F5
Elisa  
Gm
Day
From the  
Gm
first day I saw her I knew  
A#
she was the one, she  
Cm
stared in my eyes and  
D
smiled
Her  
Gm
lips were the colour of the  
A#
roses, that  
Cm
grow down the river all  
D
bloody and wild
When he  
Gm
knocked on my door and  
A#
entered the room, my  
Cm
trembling subsided in  
D
his sure embrace
He would  
Gm
be my first man and  
A#
with a careful hand, he  
Cm
wiped off the tears that  
D
run down my face  
D7
 
He  
Gm
called me the wild  
C5
ro-
Gm
ose - But my  
A#
name was Elisa  
D
Day
Why he  
Gm
called me that I do not  
C5
kno-
Gm
ow - For my  
Gm
name was  
F5
Elisa  
Gm
Day
On the  
Gm
second day I brought her a  
A#
flower, she  
Cm
was more beautiful than any  
D
woman I'd seen
I said  
Gm
"Do you know where the  
A#
wild roses grow, so  
Cm
sweet and scarlet and f
D
ree?"
On the  
Gm
second day he came with a  
A#
single red rose, he said  
Cm
"Give me your lust and your  
D
sorrow"
I  
Gm
nodded my head as I  
A#
lay on the bed, "If I  
Cm
show you the roses, will you  
D
follow?"  
D7
 
He  
Gm
called me the wild  
C5
ro-
Gm
ose - But my  
A#
name was Elisa  
D
Day
Why he  
Gm
called me that I do not  
C5
kno-
Gm
ow - For my  
Gm
name was  
F5
Elisa  
Gm
Day
On the  
Gm
third day he took me to the  
A#
river, he  
Cm
showed me the roses and we  
D
kissed
And the  
Gm
last thing I heard was a  
A#
martyr word, as he  
Cm
knelt above me with a  
D
rock in his fist
On the  
Gm
last day I took her where the  
A#
wild roses grow, she  
Cm
lay on the bank going  
D
light as a thief
And I  
Gm
kissed her goodbye, said all  
A#
beauty must die and I  
Cm
leant down and planted a  
D
rose between her teeth  
D7
 
He  
Gm
called me the wild  
C5
ro-
Gm
ose - But my  
A#
name was Elisa  
D
Day
Why he  
Gm
called me that I do not  
C5
kno-
Gm
ow - For my  
Gm
name was  
F5
Elisa  
Gm
Day
 
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