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Where the wild roses grow

Song composer: Nick Cave

Lyrics author: Nick Cave

		Fm	Bb5	Fm
	He	called me the wild	r	ose -

		Ab	C
	But my	name was Elisa	Day

		Fm	Bb5	Fm
	Why he	called me that I do not	kn	ow -

		Fm	Eb5	Fm
	For my	name was	Elisa	Day

	Fm	Ab
From the	first day I saw her I knew	she was the one,

	Bbm	C
she	stared in my eyes and	smiled

	Fm	Ab
Her	lips were the colour of the	roses,

	Bbm	C
that	grow down the river all	bloody and wild

	Fm	Ab
When he	knocked on my door and	entered the room,

	Bbm	C
my	trembling subsided in	his sure embrace

	Fm	Ab
He would	be my first man and	with a careful hand,

	Bbm	C	C7
he	wiped off the tears that	run down my face

He called me the wild ...

	Fm	Ab
On the	second day I brought her a	flower,

	Bbm	C
she	was more beautiful than any	woman I'd seen

	Fm	Ab
I said	"Do you know where the	wild roses grow,

	Bbm	C
so	sweet and scarlet and f	ree?"

	Fm	Ab
On the	second day he came with a	single red rose,

	Bbm	C
he said	"Give me your lust and your	sorrow"

	Fm	Ab
I	nodded my head as I	lay on the bed,

	Bbm	C	C7
„If I	show you the roses, will you	follow?“

He called me the wild ...

	Fm	Ab
On the	third day he took me to the	river,

	Bbm	C
he	showed me the roses and we	kissed

	Fm	Ab
And the	last thing I heard was a	martyr word,

	Bbm	C
as he	knelt above me with a	rock in his fist

	Fm	Ab
On the	last day I took her where the	wild roses grow,

	Bbm	C
she	lay on the bank going	light as a thief

	Fm	Ab
And I	kissed her goodbye, said all	beauty must die

	Bbm	C	C7
and I	leant down and planted a	rose between her teeth

He called me the wild ...

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