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