Where The Wild Roses Grow Chords

Easy Chords

Capo: 3rd fret
[Elisa]
 
    Em              Am Em
They call me The Wild Rose
      G            B
But my name was Elisa Day
        Em                 Am Em
Why they call me it I do not know
      Em        D  Em
For my name was Elisa Day
 
 
[He]
        Em                   G
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
   Am                    B
She stared in my eyes and smiled
       Em                        G
For her lips was the color of the roses
    Am                      B
They grew down the river, all bloody and wild
 
 
[Elisa]
       Em                    G
When he knocked on my door and entered the room
     Am                B
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
        Em                  G
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
  Am                     B
He wiped up the tears that ran down my face
 
 
[Both]
 
    Em              Am Em
They call me The Wild Rose
      G            B
But my name was Elisa Day
        Em                 DEm
Why they call me it I do not know
      Em        D  Em
For my name was Elisa Day
 
 
[He]
       Em                       G
On the second day I brought her a flower
            Am                B
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
        Em                   G
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
  Am                   B
So sweet and scarlet and free?"
 
 
[Elisa]
      Em                       G
On the second day he came with a single red rose
         Am                        B
He said: "give me your loss and your sorrow?"
 Em                  G
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
    Am                     B
If I show you the roses will you follow?
 
 
[Both]
 
    Em              Am Em
They call me The Wild Rose
      G            B
But my name was Elisa Day
        Em                 Am Em
Why they call me it I do not know
      Em        D  Em
For my name was Elisa Day
 
 
[Elisa]
      Em                         G
On the third day he took me to the river
  Am                        B
He showed me the roses and we kissed
       Em                      G
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
  Am                      B
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
 
 
[He]
      Em                           G
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
   Am                       B
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
     Em                            G
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
     Am                     B
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
 
 
[Elisa]
    Em              Am Em
They call me The Wild Rose
      G            B
But my name was Elisa Day
        Em                 Am Em
Why they call me it I do not know
      Em        D  Em
For my name was Elisa Day
      Em        D  Em
For my name was Elisa Day
      Em        D  Em
For my name was Elisa Day

Original Chords

[Elisa]
 
     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D7
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 
 
 
[He]
         Gm                    Bb
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
    Cm                     D7
She stared in my eyes and smiled
        Gm                         Bb
For her lips was the color of the roses
     Cm                       D
They grew down the river, all bloody and wild 
 
 
[Elisa]
        Gm                     Bb
When he knocked on my door and entered the room
      Cm                 D7
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
         Gm                   Bb
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
   Cm                      D               D
He wiped up the tears that ran down my face 
 
 
[Both]
 
     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D7
But my name was Elisa Day
         Gm                  F Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day 
 
 
[He]
        Gm                        Bb
On the second day I brought her a flower
             Cm                 D7
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?" 
 
 
[Elisa]
       Gm                        Bb
On the second day he came with a single red rose
          Cm                         D7
He said: "give me your loss and your sorrow?"
  Gm                   Bb
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
     Cm                      D
If I show you the roses will you follow? 
 
 
[Both]
 
     Gm               Cm Gm
They call me The Wild Rose
       Bb             D7
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 
 
 
[Elisa]
       Gm                          Bb
On the third day he took me to the river
   Cm                         D7
He showed me the roses and we kissed
        Gm                       Bb
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
   Cm                       D
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist 
 
 
[He]
       Gm                            Bb
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
    Cm                        D7
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
      Gm                             Bb
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
      Cm                      D                     D
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth 
 
 
[Elisa]
     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         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day
       Gm         F   Gm
For my name was Elisa Day