[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