Handbags and
gladrags
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- D G - F - C - D G - F -
C - D G - F - C - D
G F C
1. Ever seen a blind man cross the road,
D G - F - C - D
trying to reach the other side ?
G F C
Ever seen a young girl growing old
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trying to make herself a bride ?
e D
So what becomes of you my love,
G A
when they have finally stripped you of
C
the handbags and the gladrags
D G
that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to
buy you.
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G F
2. Once I was a young man
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and
all I thought I had to do was smile.
G F
You are still a young girl,
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and you bought everything in style.
e D
But once you think you're in, you're out,
G A
'cause that don't mean a single thing
without
C
the handbags and the gladrags
D G
that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to
buy.
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G F C
3. Sing a song of six-pence for your sake,
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and take a bottle full of rye.
G F C
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake,
D G
- F - C - D
and bake them all in a pie.
e D
They told me you missed school today,
G
A
so what I suggest you just throw them all
away
C
the handbags and the gladrags
D G
that your poor old Granddad had to sweat
to buy.
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e
D
They told me you missed school today,
G A
so what I suggest you just throw them all
away
C
the handbags and the gladrags
D
G
that your poor old Granddad had to sweat
to buy.
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D G - F - C - D G - F - C - D G - F - C - D G
(capo 3rd) (Rod Stewart)