Handbags and gladrags
1. Ever
seen a blind man cross the road,
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G - F - C - D
trying
to reach the other side ?
G F C
Ever
seen a young girl growing old
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G - F - C - D
trying
to make herself a bride ?
Em 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.
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,
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.
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F - C - D G - D G - D
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,
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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.
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.