WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW
                          CAPO 3rd FRET


[Chorus]

            
   They call m

            
e the wild ros

            
e,      But my

             
 name was Elis

   
a Day
             
   Why they ca

             
ll me that I d

          
o not know,   

            
   For my name

          
 was Elisa Day


[Verse]

             
   From the fi

             
rst day I saw 

            
her I knew she

 was the one
            
   She stared 

              
in my eyes and

   
 smiled
            
   Her lips we

              
re the colour 

         
of the roses
            
   That grew d

              
own the river,

         
  All bloody a

nd wild

             
   When he kno

             
cked on my doo

           
r,  And entere

d the room
            
   My tremblin

              
g subsided in 

 
his sure embra

ce
            
   He would be

              
 my first man,

        
   And with a 

careful hand
            
   He wiped up

              
 the tears, Th

            
at ran down my

         
 face


[Chorus]

            
   They call m

            
e the wild ros

            
e,       But m

             
y name was Eli

    
sa Day
             
   Why they ca

             
ll me that I d

          
o not know,   

            
 For my name w

        
as Elisa Day


[Verse]

            
   On the seco

              
nd day,     I 

              
brought her a 

  
flower
              
   She was mor

            
e beautiful,  

           
Than any woman

 I'd seen
            
   I said do y

              
ou know,  Wher

       
e the wild ros

es grow
            
   So sweet an

              
d scarlet and 

 
free

            
   On the seco

              
nd day he came

            
,  With a sing

le red rose
              
   He said,  G

            
ive me your lo

              
ss and your so


rrow
            
   I nodded my

              
 head,  As I l


ay on the bed
            
   If I show y

              
ou the roses w

               
ill you follow


[Chorus]

            
   They call m

            
e the wild ros

            
e,      But my

             
 name was Elis

   
a Day
             
   Why they ca

             
ll me that I d

          
o not know,   

            
 For my name w

        
as Elisa Day


[Verse]

            
   On the thir

              
d day he took 

            
me to the rive

r
            
   He showed m

              
e the roses,  

         
And we kissed
            
   And the las

              
t thing I hear

             
d,  Was a mutt

ered word
            
   As he knelt

              
 above me with

    
 a rock in his

 fist

            
   On the last

              
 day I took he

              
r,  Where the 

 
wild roses gro

w
            
   As she lay 

              
on the bank,  

           
The wind light

 as a thief
            
   And I kisse

              
d her goodbye,

             
  Said all bea

uty must die
            
   And I leant

              
 down and plan

            
ted a rose 'tw

          
een her teeth


[Chorus]

            
   They call m

            
e the wild ros

            
e,     But my 

             
name was Elisa

  
 Day
             
   Why they ca

             
ll me that I d

          
o not know,   

            
 For my name w

        
as Elisa Day
            
   My name was

           
 Elisa Day,   

            
   For my name

          
 was Elisa Day