NICK CAVE & KYLIE MINOGUE

WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW

Tuning: Standard
Thanks to Jimmy Engtr?m who posted the original chords.
Alterations by Anders Hoel

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Elisa:

Gm (355333@1)                      FGm 
They call me The Wild Rose
              Bb (x1333x@1)                     D7But (xx0212@1)my name was Elisa Day
                 Gm (355333@1)                         FGm
Why they call me it I do not know
              Gm (355333@1)           F (133211@1)    GmFor (355333@1)my name was Elisa Day 
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He:

Gm (355333@1)                                      BbFrom (x1333x@1)the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
              Cm (x3101x@1)                               D7As (xx0212@1)she stared in my eyes and smiled
               Gm (355333@1)                                   BbFor (x1333x@1)her lips was the color of the roses
          Cm (x3101x@1)                                   DThey (xx0232@1)grew down the river, all bloody and wild 
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Elisa:

Gm (355333@1)                                     BbWhen (x1333x@1)he knocked on my door and entered the room
      Cm (x3101x@1)                                 D7My (xx0212@1)trembling subsided in his sure embrace
                Gm (355333@1)                                BbHe (x1333x@1)would be my first man, and with a careful hand
      Cm (x3101x@1)                                   DHe (xx0232@1)wiped up the tears that ran down my face 
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Both:

D (xx0232@1)        Gm (355333@1)                      FGm 
They call me The Wild Rose
              Bb (x1333x@1)                     DBut (xx0232@1)my name was Elisa Day
                 Gm (355333@1)                        FGm
Why they call me it I do not know
              Gm (355333@1)           F (133211@1)     GmFor (355333@1)my name was Elisa Day 
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He:

Gm (355333@1)                                        BbOn (x1333x@1)the second day I brought her a flower
                          Cm (x3101x@1)                         D7She (xx0212@1)was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
  Gm (355333@1)                                               BbI (x1333x@1)said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
     Cm (x3101x@1)                                DSo (xx0232@1)sweet and scarlet and free?" 
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Elisa:

Gm (355333@1)                                        BbOn (x1333x@1)the second day he came with a single red rose
                 Cm (x3101x@1)                                         D7He (xx0212@1)said: "give me your loss and your sorrow?"
   Gm (355333@1)                               BbI (x1333x@1)nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
                       Cm (x3101x@1)                                           DHe (xx0232@1)said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?" 
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Both:

Gm (355333@1)                      FGm 
They call me The Wild Rose
              Bb (x1333x@1)                      DBut (xx0232@1)my name was Elisa Day
                 Gm (355333@1)                        FGm
Why they call me it I do not know
              Gm (355333@1)           F (133211@1)   GmFor (355333@1)my name was Elisa Day 
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Elisa:

Gm (355333@1)                                          BbOn (x1333x@1)the third day he took me to the river
      Cm (x3101x@1)                                             D7He (xx0212@1)showed me the roses and we kissed
               Gm (355333@1)                                   BbAnd (x1333x@1)the last thing I heard was a muttered word
      Cm (x3101x@1)                                      DAs (xx0232@1)he knelt above me with a rock in his fist 
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He:

Gm (355333@1)                                            BbOn (x1333x@1)the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
               Cm (x3101x@1)                                       D7And (xx0212@1)she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
           Gm (355333@1)                                                BbAnd (x1333x@1)I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
           Cm (x3101x@1)                                    DAnd (xx0232@1)I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth 
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Elisa:

Gm (355333@1)                      F (133211@1) Gm (355333@1)They call me The Wild Rose
              Bb (x1333x@1)                     DBut (xx0232@1)my name was Elisa Day
                 Gm (355333@1)                         FGm 
Why they call me it I do not know
              Gm (355333@1)            F (133211@1)   GmFor (355333@1)my name was Elisa Day
              Gm (355333@1)            F (133211@1)   GmFor (355333@1)my name was Elisa Day
              Gm (355333@1)            F (133211@1)   GmFor (355333@1)my name was Elisa Day

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