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Where the wild roses grow Nick Cave
He [Gm]called me the wild [C5]ro-[Gm]ose
But my [A#]name was Elisa [D]Day
Why he [Gm]called me that I do not [C5]kno-[Gm]ow
For my [Gm]name was [F5]Elisa [Gm]Day
>From the[Gm] first day I saw her I knew[A#] she was the one
She [Cm]stared in my eyes and [D]smiled
Her [Gm]lips were the colour of the [A#]roses
That [Cm]grow down the river all [D]bloody and wild
When he [Gm]knocked on my door and [A#]entered the room
My [Cm]trembling subsided in [D]his sure embrace
He would [Gm]be my first man and [A#]with a careful hand
He [Cm]wiped off the tears that [D]run down my face[D7]
Chorus
On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said "Do you know where the wild roses grow
so sweet and scarlet and free?"
On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said "Give me your lust and your sorrow"
I nodded my head as I lay on the bed
"If I show you the roses, will you follow?"
Chorus
On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a martyr word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank going light as a thief (?)
And I kissed her goodbye, said all beauty must die
And I leant down and planted a rose between her teeth
Chorus
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