Chords:
{t:Where The Wild Roses Grow}
{artist:Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue}
{key:Gm}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqwR0BmyRCI
From https://uketunes.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/murder-ballads-nick-cave/
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Intro: [Gm] / / / / [Cm] / / [Bb] / / / / / /
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They [Gm] call me the wild [Cm] ro-[Gm]-se,
But my [Bb] name was Eliza Day [D]
Why they [Gm] call me that I do not [Cm] know-[Gm]-ow,
For my [Gm] name was E[F]-liza [Gm] Day
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{Him} From the [Gm] first day I saw her I knew [Bb] she was the one
She [Cm] stared in my eyes and [D] smiled
Her [Gm] lips were the colour of the [Bb] roses
That [Cm] grew down the river, all [D] bloody and wild
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{Her} When he [Gm] knocked on my door and [Bb] entered the room
My [Cm] trembling subsided in [D] his sure embrace
He would [Gm] be my first man, and [Bb] with a careful hand
He [Cm] wiped up the tears that [D] ran down my face [D]
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They [Gm] call me the wild [Cm] ro-[Gm]-se,
But my [Bb] name was Eliza Day [D]
Why they [Gm] call me that I do not [Cm] know-[Gm]-ow,
For my [Gm] name was E[F]-liza [Gm] Day
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{Him} On the [Gm] second day, I brought her a [Bb] flower
She was more [Cm] beautiful than any [D] woman I'd seen
I [Gm] said “Do you know where the [Bb] wild roses grow
[Cm] So sweet and scarlet and [D] free”
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{Her} On the [Gm] second day he came with a [Bb] single red rose
He said, [Cm] “Give me your loss and your [D] sorrow”
I [Gm] nodded my head as I [Bb] lay on the bed
If I [Cm] show you the roses will you [D] follow alone [D]
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They [Gm] call me the wild [Cm] ro-[Gm]-se,
But my [Bb] name was Eliza Day [D]
Why they [Gm] call me that I do not [Cm] know-[Gm]-ow,
For my [Gm] name was E[F]-liza [Gm] Day
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{Her} On the [Gm] third day he took me to the [Bb] river
He [Cm] showed me the roses, and we [D] kissed
And the [Gm] last thing I heard was a [Bb] muttered word
As he [Cm] knelt above me with a [D] rock in his fist
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{Him} On the [Gm] last day I took her where the [Bb] wild roses grow
As she [Cm] lay on the bank, the wind [D] light as a thief
And I [Gm] kissed her goodbye, said “All [Bb] beauty must die”
And I [Cm] leant down and planted a [D] rose tween her teeth [D]
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They [Gm] call me the wild [Cm] ro-[Gm]-se,
But my [Bb] name was Eliza Day [D]
Why they [Gm] call me that I do not [Cm] know-[Gm]-ow,
For my [Gm] name was E[F]-liza [Gm] Day
My [Gm] name was E[F]-liza [Gm] Day
My [Gm] name was E[F]-liza [Gm] Day
