NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS   WHERE THE WILD ROSES GO


   Am                 Dm Am
He called me the wild ro-ose

       C              E
But my name was Elisa Day

       Am                      Dm  Am
Why he called me that I do not kno-ow

       Am       Em7    Am
For my name was Elisa Day



         Am                         C
>From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one

    Dm                    E
She stared in my eyes and smiled

    Am                           C
Her lips were the colour of the roses

     Dm                       E
That grow down the river all bloody and wild


        Am                     C
When he knocked on my door and entered the room

   Dm                     E
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace

         Am                   C
He would be my first man and with a careful hand

   Dm                       E                E7
He wiped off the tears that run down my face


Chorus


On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said "Do you know where the wild roses grow
so sweet and scarlet and free?"

On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said "Give me your lust and your sorrow"
I nodded my head as I lay on the bed
"If I show you the roses, will you follow?"


Chorus


On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a martyr word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank going light as a thief               
And I kissed her goodbye, said all beauty must die
And I leant down and planted a rose between her teeth


Chorus


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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song, 
if such exists.

It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should 
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn 
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy

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