Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Bb D
They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day
Gm Cm Gm Gm F Gm
Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day
Verse:
Gm Bb
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
Cm D
She stared in my eyes and smiled
Gm Bb
Her lips were the colour of the 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 D
He wiped up the tears, That ran down my face
Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Bb D
They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day
Gm Cm Gm Gm F Gm
Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day
Verse:
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
He said, Give me your loss and your sorrow
Gm Bb
I nodded my head, As I lay on the bed
Cm D D
If I show you the roses will you follow
Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Bb D
They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day
Gm Cm Gm Gm F Gm
Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day
Verse:
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 knelt 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
And I kissed her goodbye, Said all beauty must die
Cm D D
And I leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth
Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Bb D
They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day
Gm Cm Gm Gm F Gm
Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day
Gm F Gm Gm F Gm
My name was Eliza Day, For my name was Eliza Day
