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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW CAPO 3rd FRET [Chorus] Em Am Em G B They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day Em Am Em Em D Em Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day [Verse] Em G From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one Am B She stared in my eyes and smiled Em G Her lips were the colour of the roses Am B That grew down the river, All bloody and wild Em G When he knocked on my door, And entered the room Am B My trembling subsided in his sure embrace Em G He would be my first man, And with a careful hand Am B B He wiped up the tears, That ran down my face [Chorus] Em Am Em G B They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day Em Am Em Em D Em Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day [Verse] Em G On the second day, I brought her a flower Am B She was more beautiful, Than any woman I'd seen Em G I said do you know, Where the wild roses grow Am B So sweet and scarlet and free Em G On the second day he came, With a single red rose Am B He said, Give me your loss and your sorrow Em G I nodded my head, As I lay on the bed Am B B If I show you the roses will you follow [Chorus] Em Am Em G B They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day Em Am Em Em D Em Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day [Verse] Em G On the third day he took me to the river Am B He showed me the roses, And we kissed Em G And the last thing I heard, Was a muttered word Am B As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist Em G On the last day I took her, Where the wild roses grow Am B As she lay on the bank, The wind light as a thief Em G And I kissed her goodbye, Said all beauty must die Am B B And I leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth [Chorus] Em Am Em G B They call me the wild rose, But my name was Eliza Day Em Am Em Em D Em Why they call me that I do not know, For my name was Eliza Day Em D Em Em D Em My name was Eliza Day, For my name was Eliza Day