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