Handbags and gladrags (Listen to midi)

 

G - F - C - 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

      D                                    G      - F - C - D

    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.

 

    - F - C - D            G - F - C - D

 

   G                           F

2.     Once I was a young man

C                                D                       G    - F - C - D

    and all I thought I had to do was smile.

G                           F

    You are still a young girl,

C                             D                   G       - F - C - D

    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.

    - F - C - D         G - D   G - D

 

 

 

 

 

   G                          F                            C

3.    Sing a song of six-pence for your sake,

                        D               G    - F - C - D

    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.

 

   - F - C - D       G - F - C - D

 

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.

 

- F - C - D      G - F - C - D     G - F - C - D     G - F - C - D     G

 

(capo 3rd)             (Rod Stewart)