Chords for Nick Cave & Blixa Bargeld - Where The Wild Roses Grow

_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] They _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
call me the [Cm] wild _ _
_ [Gm] rose, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] but my name was _ [D] Eliza Day.
_ _ _ [Gm] Why they call me it I do [Cm] not _ know, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
for my name [Cm] was _ [G] Eliza Day.
_ [Gm] _ _ On the first day I saw [Bb] her I knew she was the one.
_ [C] She stared in my eyes and [D] smiled.
_ _ [Gm] Her lips were the color _ [Bb] of a rose's.
_ _ [Cm] That cooled down and left her [D] all bloody [Gm] and wild.
He knocked on my door [Bb] and entered the room.
[Cm] My trembling _ subsided [D] in his sure embrace.
[Gm] He would be my first man [Bb] and with a careful hand.
[Cm] He wiped up the tears [D] that ran down my [Eb] _ _
face.
_ _ [Cm] [Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild _ _ _ [Gm] _
rose, _ _ _ _ but [Bb] my name was _ Eliza [D]
Day.
_ _ [Gm] Why they call me it I do [Cm] not _ [Gm] know, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for my name was [F] _ [Gm] Eliza Day.
_ _ [G] _ [Gm] On the second day I brought her [Bb] a flower. _ _ _
She [C] was more beautiful _ than [D] any woman I've _ [Gm] seen.
And I said, you know _ [Bb] where the wild roses grow, _ [Cm] _ so sweet [D] and scarlet and green.
[Gm] On the second day he came [Bb] with a strong old red rose.
He [Cm] said, give me your loss and [D] your sorrow.
_ _ [Gm] I nodded my head as [Bb] I lay on the bed.
_ [Cm] He said, I'll show you the roses [D] will _ follow. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild _ _ _ [Gm] _
rose, _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ but my [Bb] name was _ Eliza [D] _
Day.
_ [Gm] Why they call me it I do [Cm] not _ [Gm] know, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for my name was [F] _ _ [G] Eliza _ Day.
_ _ The third day he took me to [Bb] the river. _ _ _
[C] He showed me the [Cm] roses and [D] we kissed.
_ _ [Bb] And [Gm] the last thing I heard [Bb] was a muttered word.
As he [Cm] stood smiling he plucked me with [Gm] a rocking wrist fist.
On the last day I took her where the [Bb] wild roses grow.
[Cm] She lay on the bank, the wind [D] lied as her [Gm] feet touched that misted red by.
She said, [Bb] all beauty must die.
And [Cm] I looked down and there [D] _ was _ _ Tina T.
_ _ _ [Gm] They call me the [Cm] wild _ _ [Gm] _ _
rose, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] but my name was _ [D] Eliza Day.
_ _ [Gm] Why they call me it I do [Cm] not _ _ [Gm] know, _ _ _ _ _ _ for my name was [F] _ [Gm] Eliza Day. _
_ _ _ My name [F] was _ [Gm] Eliza Day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] Was _ Eliza [C] Day.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _