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