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