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C#5


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Eb


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Where the wild roses grow

Song composer: Nick Cave

Lyrics author: Nick Cave

		Abm	C#5	Abm
	He	called me the wild	r	ose -

		B	Eb
	But my	name was Elisa	Day

		Abm	C#5	Abm
	Why he	called me that I do not	kn	ow -

		Abm	F#5	Abm
	For my	name was	Elisa	Day

	Abm	B
From the	first day I saw her I knew	she was the one,

	C#m	Eb
she	stared in my eyes and	smiled

	Abm	B
Her	lips were the colour of the	roses,

	C#m	Eb
that	grow down the river all	bloody and wild

	Abm	B
When he	knocked on my door and	entered the room,

	C#m	Eb
my	trembling subsided in	his sure embrace

	Abm	B
He would	be my first man and	with a careful hand,

	C#m	Eb	Eb7
he	wiped off the tears that	run down my face

He called me the wild ...

	Abm	B
On the	second day I brought her a	flower,

	C#m	Eb
she	was more beautiful than any	woman I'd seen

	Abm	B
I said	"Do you know where the	wild roses grow,

	C#m	Eb
so	sweet and scarlet and f	ree?"

	Abm	B
On the	second day he came with a	single red rose,

	C#m	Eb
he said	"Give me your lust and your	sorrow"

	Abm	B
I	nodded my head as I	lay on the bed,

	C#m	Eb	Eb7
„If I	show you the roses, will you	follow?“

He called me the wild ...

	Abm	B
On the	third day he took me to the	river,

	C#m	Eb
he	showed me the roses and we	kissed

	Abm	B
And the	last thing I heard was a	martyr word,

	C#m	Eb
as he	knelt above me with a	rock in his fist

	Abm	B
On the	last day I took her where the	wild roses grow,

	C#m	Eb
she	lay on the bank going	light as a thief

	Abm	B
And I	kissed her goodbye, said all	beauty must die

	C#m	Eb	Eb7
and I	leant down and planted a	rose between her teeth

He called me the wild ...

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