Gm Cm Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D but my name was Elisa Day Gm Cm Gm Why they call me it I do not know Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day Gm Bb From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one Cm D As she stared in my eyes and smiled Gm Bb For her lips were the colour of roses Cm D That grew down the river, all bloody and wild Gm Bb When he knocked on my door and entered the room Cm D My trembling subsided in his sure embrace Gm Bb He would be my first man, and with a careful hand Cm D He wiped at the tears that run down my face Gm Cm Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D but my name was Elisa Day Gm Cm Gm Why they call me it I do not know Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day Gm Bb On the second day I brought her a flower Cm D She was more beautiful than any woman I´d seen Gm Bb I said,"Do you know where the wild roses grow Cm D So sweet and scarlet and free?" Gm Bb On the second day he came with a single red rose Cm D Said "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?" Gm Bb I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed Cm D He said,"If i show the roses will you follow?" Gm Cm Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D but my name was Elisa Day Gm Cm Gm Why they call me it I do not know Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day Gm Bb On the third day he took me to the river Cm D He showed me the roses and we kissed Gm Bb And the last thing I heard was a muttered word Cm D As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist Gm Bb On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow Cm D As she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief Gm Bb As I kissed her goodbye, I said,"All beaty must die" Cm D And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth Gm Cm Gm They call me The Wild Rose Bb D but my name was Elisa Day Gm Cm Gm Why they call me it I do not know Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day