Chords for Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave - "Where The Wild Roses Grow" (The Abbey Road Sessions)
Tempo:
49.8 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
Cm
Bb
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, [Bb] but my name was [Gm]
Eliza Day.
Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
From the first day I [Bb] saw her, I knew she was the one.
[G] She stared in my [D] eyes and smiled, [Gm] for her lips were the color [Bb] of the roses
[Cm] that grew down the [D] river, all bloody and [Gm] wild.
When he knocked on my [Bb] door and entered the [C] room,
my trembling [D] subsided in his sure [Gm] embrace.
He would be my first [Bb] man, and with a careful [Cm] hand,
he wiped out the [D] tears that ran down my face.
[Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
On the second day I [Bb] brought her a flower.
[Cm] She is more beautiful [D] than any woman I'd [Gm] seen.
And I said, do you know [Bb] where the wild roses grow,
[Cm] so sweet and [D] scarlet and free?
[G] On the second day he [Bb] came with a single red [Cm] rose.
He said, give me your [D] loss and your sorrow.
[Gm] I nodded my head [Bb] as I lay on the bed.
[Cm] If I show you the [D] roses, will you follow?
[Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I [Cm] do not [Gm] know, for my name was Eliza Day.
On the third day [Bb] he took me to the river.
[Cm] He showed me the roses [D] and we kissed.
[Gm] And the last thing I heard [Bb] was a murdered word.
[Cm] He knelt above me [D] with a rock in his fist.
On the last day I took her [Bb] where the wild roses grow.
[Cm] She lay on the bank, the [D] wind lied.
There's a thief [G] and I kissed her goodbye.
I [Bb] said, all beauty must die.
[C] And I leant down and planted [D] a rose between her teeth.
[Gm] They call me the wild rose, [G] [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I do [Cm] not [Gm] know, for my name was Eliza Day.
My name was Eliza Day.
For my name was Eliza Day.
Eliza Day.
Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
From the first day I [Bb] saw her, I knew she was the one.
[G] She stared in my [D] eyes and smiled, [Gm] for her lips were the color [Bb] of the roses
[Cm] that grew down the [D] river, all bloody and [Gm] wild.
When he knocked on my [Bb] door and entered the [C] room,
my trembling [D] subsided in his sure [Gm] embrace.
He would be my first [Bb] man, and with a careful [Cm] hand,
he wiped out the [D] tears that ran down my face.
[Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
On the second day I [Bb] brought her a flower.
[Cm] She is more beautiful [D] than any woman I'd [Gm] seen.
And I said, do you know [Bb] where the wild roses grow,
[Cm] so sweet and [D] scarlet and free?
[G] On the second day he [Bb] came with a single red [Cm] rose.
He said, give me your [D] loss and your sorrow.
[Gm] I nodded my head [Bb] as I lay on the bed.
[Cm] If I show you the [D] roses, will you follow?
[Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I [Cm] do not [Gm] know, for my name was Eliza Day.
On the third day [Bb] he took me to the river.
[Cm] He showed me the roses [D] and we kissed.
[Gm] And the last thing I heard [Bb] was a murdered word.
[Cm] He knelt above me [D] with a rock in his fist.
On the last day I took her [Bb] where the wild roses grow.
[Cm] She lay on the bank, the [D] wind lied.
There's a thief [G] and I kissed her goodbye.
I [Bb] said, all beauty must die.
[C] And I leant down and planted [D] a rose between her teeth.
[Gm] They call me the wild rose, [G] [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I do [Cm] not [Gm] know, for my name was Eliza Day.
My name was Eliza Day.
For my name was Eliza Day.
Key:
Gm
Cm
Bb
D
G
Gm
Cm
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, [Bb] but my name was [Gm]
Eliza Day.
Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, _ for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
From the first day I [Bb] saw her, I knew she was the one.
[G] She stared in my [D] eyes and smiled, [Gm] for her lips were the color [Bb] of the roses
[Cm] that grew down the [D] river, all bloody and [Gm] wild.
When he knocked on my [Bb] door and entered the [C] room,
my trembling [D] subsided in his sure [Gm] embrace.
He would be my first [Bb] man, and with a careful [Cm] hand,
he wiped out the [D] tears that ran down my face.
[Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, _ [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, _ for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
On the second day I [Bb] brought her a flower.
[Cm] She is more beautiful [D] than any woman I'd [Gm] seen.
And I said, do you know [Bb] where the wild roses grow,
[Cm] so sweet and [D] scarlet and free?
[G] On the second day he [Bb] came with a single red [Cm] rose.
He said, give me your [D] loss and your sorrow.
[Gm] I nodded my head [Bb] as I lay on the bed.
[Cm] If I show you the [D] roses, will you follow?
_ [Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, _ [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I [Cm] do not [Gm] know, _ for my name was Eliza Day. _
On the third day [Bb] he took me to the river.
[Cm] He showed me the roses [D] and we kissed.
[Gm] And the last thing I heard [Bb] was a murdered word.
[Cm] He knelt above me [D] with a rock in his fist.
On the last day I took her [Bb] where the wild roses grow.
[Cm] She lay on the bank, the [D] wind lied.
There's a thief [G] and I kissed her goodbye.
I [Bb] said, all beauty must die.
[C] And I leant down and planted [D] a rose between her teeth.
[Gm] They call me the wild rose, [G] _ [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I do [Cm] not [Gm] know, _ for my name was Eliza Day.
My name was Eliza Day.
For my name was Eliza Day. _ _ _
Eliza Day.
Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, _ for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
From the first day I [Bb] saw her, I knew she was the one.
[G] She stared in my [D] eyes and smiled, [Gm] for her lips were the color [Bb] of the roses
[Cm] that grew down the [D] river, all bloody and [Gm] wild.
When he knocked on my [Bb] door and entered the [C] room,
my trembling [D] subsided in his sure [Gm] embrace.
He would be my first [Bb] man, and with a careful [Cm] hand,
he wiped out the [D] tears that ran down my face.
[Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, _ [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that [Cm] I do not know, _ for my name was [Gm] Eliza Day.
On the second day I [Bb] brought her a flower.
[Cm] She is more beautiful [D] than any woman I'd [Gm] seen.
And I said, do you know [Bb] where the wild roses grow,
[Cm] so sweet and [D] scarlet and free?
[G] On the second day he [Bb] came with a single red [Cm] rose.
He said, give me your [D] loss and your sorrow.
[Gm] I nodded my head [Bb] as I lay on the bed.
[Cm] If I show you the [D] roses, will you follow?
_ [Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild [Gm] rose, _ [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I [Cm] do not [Gm] know, _ for my name was Eliza Day. _
On the third day [Bb] he took me to the river.
[Cm] He showed me the roses [D] and we kissed.
[Gm] And the last thing I heard [Bb] was a murdered word.
[Cm] He knelt above me [D] with a rock in his fist.
On the last day I took her [Bb] where the wild roses grow.
[Cm] She lay on the bank, the [D] wind lied.
There's a thief [G] and I kissed her goodbye.
I [Bb] said, all beauty must die.
[C] And I leant down and planted [D] a rose between her teeth.
[Gm] They call me the wild rose, [G] _ [Bb] but my name was [D] Eliza Day.
[Gm] Why they call me that I do [Cm] not [Gm] know, _ for my name was Eliza Day.
My name was Eliza Day.
For my name was Eliza Day. _ _ _
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