Chorus:

Elisa:
     Gm               Cm Gm 
They call me The Wild Rose
        A#            D
But my name was Elisa Day
          Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
                F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day 

verse:

He:
         Gm                         A#
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
       Cm                     D
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
        Gm                         A#
For her lips were the color of the roses
     Cm                        D
They grew down the river, all bloody and wild 

verse:

Elisa:

When he knocked on my door and entered the room

My trembling subsided in his sure embrace

He would be my first man, and with a careful hand

He wiped the tears that ran down my face 

verse:

He:

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?" 

verse:

Elisa:

On the second day he came with a single rose

Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"

I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed

He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?" 

verse:

Elisa:

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 muttered word

As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist 

verse:

He:

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow

And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief

As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"

And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth 

ending chorus:

Elisa:

They call me The Wild Rose

But my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me it I do not know

For my name was Elisa Day
       Gm       F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day
       Gm       F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day