|
Where the wild roses
grow
Nick Cave
They [Gm]call
me The Wild [Cm]Ro[Gm]se
But my [Bb]name
was Elisa [D7]Day
Why they [Gm]call
me it I do not [Cm]kno-[Gm]ow
For my name
was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day
From the [Gm]first
day I saw her I [Bb]knew she was the one
She [Cm]stared
in my eyes and [D]smiled
For [Gm]her
lips were the colour of the [Bb]roses
That [Cm]grew
down the river, all [D]bloody and wild
When he [Gm]knocked
on my door and [Bb]entered the room
My [Cm]trembling
subsided in [D]his sure embrace
He would [Gm]be
my first man, and with a [Bb]careful hand
He [Cm]wiped
at the tears that [D]ran down my face
They [Gm]call
me The Wild [Cm]Ro[Gm]se
But my [Bb]name
was Elisa [D7]Day
Why they [Gm]call
me it I do not [Cm]kno-[Gm]ow
For my name
was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day
On the [Gm]second
day I brought her a [Bb]flower
She was
more [Cm]beautiful than any [D]woman I'd seen
I [Gm]said,
"Do you know where the [Bb]wild roses grow
So [Cm]sweet
and scarlet and [D]free?"
On the [Gm]second
day he came with a [Bb]single red rose
Said: "Will
you [Cm]give me your loss and your [D]sorrow"
I [Gm]nodded
my head, as I [Bb]lay on the bed
He said,
"If I [Cm]show you the roses, will you [D]follow?"
They [Gm]call
me The Wild [Cm]Ro[Gm]se
But my [Bb]name
was Elisa [D7]Day
Why they [Gm]call
me it I do not [Cm]kno-[Gm]ow
For my name
was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day
On the [Gm]third
day he took me to the [Bb]river
He [Cm]showed
me the roses and we [D]kissed
And the [Gm]last
thing I heard was a [D]muttered word
As he [Gm]stood
smiling above me with a [D]rock in his fist
On the [Gm]last
day I took her where the [Bb]wild roses grow
And she [Cm]lay
on the bank, the [D]wind light as a thief
And I [Gm]kissed
her goodbye, said, "All [Bb]beauty must die"
And [Cm]lent
down and planted a [D]rose between her teeth
They [Gm]call
me The Wild [Cm]Ro[Gm]se
But my [Bb]name
was Elisa [D7]Day
Why they [Gm]call
me it I do not [Cm]kno-[Gm]ow
For my name
was [F]Elisa [Gm]Day
|
