*An easy version for beginners*

Am (x02210@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
       C (x32010@1)            EBut (022100@1)my name was Elisa Day
    Am (x02210@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Why they call me it, I do not know
       Am (x02210@1)     Em7   AmFor (x02210@1)my name was Elisa Day

         Am (x02210@1)                        CFrom (x32010@1)the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one
    Dm (xx0231@1)                  EShe (022100@1)stared in my eyes and smiled
    Am (x02210@1)                           CFor (x32010@1)her lips were the color of the roses
     Dm (xx0231@1)                     EThat (022100@1)grew down the river, all bloody and wild

        Am (x02210@1)                    CWhen (x32010@1)he knocked on my door and entered the room
   Dm (xx0231@1)                  EMy (022100@1)trembling subsided in his sure embrace
         Am (x02210@1)                CHe (x32010@1)would be my first man and with a careful hand
   Dm (xx0231@1)                    EHe (022100@1)wiped at the tears that ran down my face

     Am (x02210@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
       C (x32010@1)            EBut (022100@1)my name was Elisa Day
         Am (x02210@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Why they call me that, I do not know
       Am (x02210@1)     E7 (020130@1)  AmFor (x02210@1)my name was Elisa Day

       Am (x02210@1)                        COn (x32010@1)the second day, I brought her a flower
    Dm (xx0231@1)                        EShe (022100@1)was more beautiful than any woman I've seen
         AM                    CI (x32010@1)said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
   Dm (xx0231@1)                  ESo (022100@1)sweet and scarlet and free?"

       Am (x02210@1)                       COn (x32010@1)the second day, he came with a single red rose
          Dm (xx0231@1)                       EHe (022100@1)said, "Give me your loss and your sorrow"
  Am (x02210@1)                 CI (x32010@1)nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
      Dm (xx0231@1)                         E"If (022100@1)I show you the roses, will you follow?"

  Am (x02210@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
       C (x32010@1)            EBut (022100@1)my name was Elisa Day
         Am (x02210@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Why they call me that, I do not know
       Am (x02210@1)     E7 (020130@1)  AmFor (x02210@1)my name was Elisa Day

       Am (x02210@1)                         COn (x32010@1)the third day, he took me to the river
   Dm (xx0231@1)                       EHe (022100@1)showed me the roses and we kissed
        Am (x02210@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)the last thing I heard was a muttered word
      Dm (xx0231@1)                  EAs (022100@1)he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

       Am (x02210@1)                           COn (x32010@1)the last day, I took her where the wild roses grow
    Dm (xx0231@1)                      EShe (022100@1)lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
      Am (x02210@1)                           CAnd (x32010@1)I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
      Dm (xx0231@1)                    EAnd (022100@1)I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

  Am (x02210@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
They call me 'The Wild Rose'
       C (x32010@1)            EBut (022100@1)my name was Elisa Day
         Am (x02210@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Why they call me that, I do not know
       Am (x02210@1)     E7 (020130@1)  AmFor (x02210@1)my name was Elisa Day
       Am (x02210@1)     E7 (020130@1)  AmFor (x02210@1)my name was Elisa Day


                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
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