NICK CAVE & KYLIE MINOGUE WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Tuning: Standard Thanks to Jimmy Engtröm who posted the original chords. Alterations by Anders Hoel -------------------- Elisa: Gm F 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 From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one Cm D7 As 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 He wiped up the tears that ran down my face --------------------- Both: D Gm F Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D 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 He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?" --------------------- Both: Gm F Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D 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 -------------------- 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 And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief Gm Bb And I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die" Cm D And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth -------------------- Elisa: Gm F Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D 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 Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day any questions? sandoyspurven_h@hotmail.com