Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue

Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow guitar tab

Chorus:

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Gm Cm Gm

They call me the wild ro-se

Bb D7

but my name was Elisa Day.

Gm Cm Gm

Why they call me it I do not kno-ow

F Gm

for my name was Elisa Day.

Verse 1:

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Gm Bb

>From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one

Cm D

as she stared in my eyes and smiled.

Gm Bb

Her lips were the color of roses

Cm D

that grew down the river, all bloody and wild.

Verse 2:

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Gm Bb

He knocked on my door and entered my room

Cm D

my trembling subsided in his sure embrace.

Gm Bb

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

Cm D

he wiped at the tears that ran down my face.

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Verse 3:

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Gm Bb

On the second day I brought her a flower

Cm D

she was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen.

Gm Bb

I said: Do you know where the wild roses grow

Cm D

so sweet and scarlet and free?

Verse 4:

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Gm Bb

On the second day he came with a single red rose

Cm D

said: Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?

Gm Bb

I nodded my head as I lay on the bed

Cm D

If I show you the roses will you follow?

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Verse 5:

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Gm Bb

On the third day he took me to the river

Cm D

he showed me the roses and we kissed.

Gm Bb

And the last thing I heared was a muttered word

Cm D

as he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist.

Verse 6:

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Gm Bb

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

Cm D

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

Gm Bb

And I kissed her goodbye, I said: All beauty must die

Cm D

leant down and planted a little rose between her teeth.

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