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