Where the Wild Roses Grow

They (Em)call me the wild (Am)ro(Em)se,     
But my (G)name was Eliza (B)Day
Why they (Em)call me that I do not (Am)know,(Em)      
For my name was (D)Eliza (Em)Day

From the first day I saw her I knew (G)she was the one
She (Am)stared in my eyes and (B)smiled
Her (Em)lips were the colour of the ro(G)ses
That (Am)grew down the river,  All (B)bloody and wild
When he (Em)knocked on my door,  And en(G)tered the room
My trem(Am)bling subsided in (B)his sure embrace
He would (Em)be my first man,   And (G)with a careful hand
He (Am)wiped up the tears, That (B)ran down my face

They (Em)call me the wild (Am)ro(Em)se,     
But my (G)name was Eliza (B)Day
Why they (Em)call me that I do not (Am)know,(Em)      
For my name was (D)Eliza (Em)Day

On the second day, I brought her a (G)flower
She was more (Am)beautiful,  Than any (B)woman I'd seen   
I (Em)said do you know,  Where the (G)wild roses grow
(Am)So sweet and scarlet and (B)free
On the (Em)second day he came,  With a (G)single red rose
I nod(Em)ded my head,  As I (G)lay on the bed
If I (Am)show you the roses will you (B)follow alone

They (Em)call me the wild (Am)ro(Em)se,     
But my (G)name was Eliza (B)Day
Why they (Em)call me that I do not (Am)know,(Em)      
For my name was (D)Eliza (Em)Day

On the third day he took me to the (G)river
He (Am)showed me the roses,  And we (B)kissed
And the (Em)last thing I heard,  Was a (G)muttered word
As (Am)he knelt above me with a (B)rock in his fist
On the (Em)last day I took her,  Where the (G)wild roses grow
As she (Am)lay on the bank,  The wind (B)light as a thief
And I (Em)kissed her goodbye,  Said All (G)beauty must die
And I (Am)leant down and planted a (B)rose tween her teeth

They (Em)call me the wild (Am)ro(Em)se,     
But my (G)name was Eliza (B)Day
Why they (Em)call me that I do not (Am)know,(Em)      
For my name was (D)Eliza (Em)Day