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