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 IP 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
