(Joe Fm, April '26)
(3/4)
Intro
| [Em] | [Am] [Em] | [G] [Em] | [Bm] [Em] |
(Cello)
Chorus
[Em] [Am] [Em] [G] [B7]
They call me the wild ro-o-ose; but my name was Elisa Day
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Em] [D] [Em]
Why they call me it I do not kno-o-ow; for my name was Elisa Day
[Verse 1 ♂]
[Em] [G]
From the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one
[Am] [B7]
She stared in my eyes and smiled
[Em] [G]
For her lips were the colour of the roses
[Am] [B7]
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild
[Verse 2 ♀]
[Em] [G]
When he knocked on my door and entered the room
[Am] [B7]
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
[Em] [G]
He would be my first man and with a careful hand
[Am] [B7] [B7]
He wiped up the tears, that ran down my face
Chorus
[Em] [Am] [Em] [G] [B7]
They call me the wild ro-o-ose; but my name was Elisa Day
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Em] [D] [Em]
Why they call me it I do not kno-o-ow; for my name was Elisa Day
[Verse 3 ♂]
[Em] [G]
On the second day, I brought her a flower
[Am] [B7]
She was more beautiful, than any woman I'd seen
[Em] [G]
I said: Do you know, where the wild roses grow?
[Am] [B7]
So sweet and scarlet and free
[Verse 4 ♀]
[Em] [G]
On the second day he came, with a single red rose
[Am] [B7]
He said: Give me your loss and your sorrow
[Em] [G]
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
[Am] [B7] [B7]
If I show you the roses, will you follow?
Chorus
[Em] [Am] [Em] [G] [B7]
They call me the wild ro-o-ose; but my name was Elisa Day
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Em] [D] [Em]
Why they call me it I do not kno-o-ow; for my name was Elisa Day
[Verse 5 ♀]
[Em] [G]
On the third day he took me to the river
[Am] [B7]
He showed me the roses and we kissed
[Em] [G]
And the last thing I heard, was the muttered word
[Am] [B7]
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
[Verse 6 ♂]
[Em] [G]
On the last day I took her, where the wild roses grow
[Am] [B7]
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
[Em] [G]
And I kissed her goodbye, said all beauty must die
[Am] [B7]
And I leant down and planted, a rose between her teeth
Chorus
[Em] [Am] [Em] [G] [B7]
They call me the wild ro-o-ose; but my name was Elisa Day
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Em] [D] [Em]
Why they call me it I do not kno-o-ow; for my name was Elisa Day
Outro
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
My name was Elisa Day, for my name was Elisa Day
