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Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Guitar Chords
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Am Dm Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
C E
But my name was Elisa Day
Am Dm Am
Why they call me it, I do not know
Am Em7 Am
For my name was Elisa Day
Am C
From the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one
Dm E
She stared in my eyes and smiled
Am C
For her lips were the color of the roses
Dm E
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild
Am C
When he knocked on my door and entered the room
Dm E
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
Am C
He would be my first man and with a careful hand
Dm E
He wiped at the tears that ran down my face
Am Dm Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
C E
But my name was Elisa Day
Am Dm Am
Why they call me that, I do not know
Am E7 Am
For my name was Elisa Day
Am C
On the second day, I brought her a flower
Dm E
She was more beautiful than any woman I've seen
AM C
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
Dm E
So sweet and scarlet and free?"
Am C
On the second day, he came with a single red rose
Dm E
He said, "Give me your loss and your sorrow"
Am C
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
Dm E
"If I show you the roses, will you follow?"
Am Dm Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
C E
But my name was Elisa Day
Am Dm Am
Why they call me that, I do not know
Am E7 Am
For my name was Elisa Day
Am C
On the third day, he took me to the river
Dm E
He showed me the roses and we kissed
Am C
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
Dm E
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
Am C
On the last day, I took her where the wild roses grow
Dm E
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
Am C
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
Dm E
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
Am Dm Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
C E
But my name was Elisa Day
Am Dm Am
Why they call me that, I do not know
Am E7 Am
For my name was Elisa Day
Am E7 Am
For my name was Elisa Day
We also have 12 songs by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Are You The One That Ive Been Waiting For
- Henry Lee
- Into My Arms
- Mercy Seat
- O Children
- People Aint No Good
- Red Right Hand
- The Mercy Seat
- The Ship Song
- The Weeping Song
- To Be By Your Side
- Where The Wild Roses Grow
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