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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Where the Wild Roses Go
Chorus:
Am Dm Am
He called me the wild ro -- se
C E
But my name was Elisa Day
Am Dm Am
Why he called me that I do not kno --- w
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
Her lips were the colour of the roses
Dm E
That grow 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 E7
He wiped off the tears that run down my face
Repeat chords
for remaining verses
Chorus
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?"
On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said "Give me your lust and your sorrow"
I nodded my head as I lay on the bed
"If I show you the roses, will you follow?"
Chorus
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 martyr word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank going light as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said all beauty must die
And I leant down and planted a rose between her teeth
Chorus